On June 24, 2025, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor issued Binding Opinion 25-007 stating the City of ...

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – In another defeat for Tiffany Henyard, Village of Dolton Mayor Pro Tem Jason House, and Trustees Brittney Norwood, Kiana Belcher, and Tammy Brown, filed for Temporary Restraining ...

We covered the dismissal of the Sheriff from the lawsuit brought by Chad Hammond in this article.  According to the public ...

As part of his guilty plea and sentencing, Kyley Willison was required to pay $236,000 in restitution, with his first payment due on or before June 16, 2025, in the amount of $100,000. On June 16, ...

There have been many conversations and publications lately concerning compensation being paid to current Thornton Township ...

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a former Jersey County Treasurer pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge after she knowingly obtained more than $50,000 in 2024 by deception ...

There is a Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”) project proposed to be located just off the (Edgar County) Illinois-Indiana ...

Kankakee Co., Ill. (ECWd) – Kankakee County State’s Attorney James Rowe’s office filed suit against three elected officials in Kankakee County seeking their removal from office fo… ...

Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Shelby County Board passed a credit card policy during their last regular meeting. When board member Tim Brown questioned the reasoning for adopting the policy since they ...

As we continue to go through records tied to the conviction of Kyley Willison and criminally indicted father Jerry Willison, ...

The Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) governs meetings of public bodies in Illinois, and the University of Illinois must comply with ...