On July 17, 2025, the Cook County Court Ordered the Village of Dolton, Illinois, to pay our attorney fees in the amount of ...

If you have ever submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to a public body and wondered if the records provided truly represent everything you asked for, your ...

Considering the volume of misinformation, opinions, speculations, and outright lies regarding the Jeffrey Epstein “files”, we ...

Below are a couple of the Coles County Sheriff’s Office’s body cam footage taken during the search warrant issued due to ...

Will and Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is the first of a series of articles where we will discuss the Will and Grundy-Kendall County Regional Offices of Education, contracts, employees, ...

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – Today we filed another lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) to force the village of Dolton, Illinois to produce the public records requested more than 5 weeks ...

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

We previously reported on the $432,000 spent on media relations in the past few years. Since January 2025 (including July), ...

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

How many people get the luxury of knowing a search warrant was issued weeks in advance, or its execution being scheduled to ...

There has been considerable discussion on the amount of noise produced by solar farms, and a proposed solar farm project Vermilion County. According to one ...

Champaign Co., Ill. (ECWd) - There has been considerable discussion on the amount of noise produced by solar farms, and a proposed solar farm project in Vermilion County. According to one person who ...