Kankakee County Board Chairman Andrew Wheeler has resigned from office just prior to a discussion and vote to remove him from office during a Special Board Meeting this morning (See agenda). There ...

On August 6, 2021, the Edgar County Watchdogs and Edgar Pal filed a five-count complaint in Cook County Circuit Court naming the Office of the Illinois Attorney General and the Attorney General’s ...

Shelby County State’s Attorney Ruth Woolery has requested a legal opinion from the Attorney General’s Opinions Bureau on the questions of conflict of interest. The basic questions raised: “Is there an ...

As it stands now, the small Village of Metcalf (pop 189) in North-Central Edgar County, Illinois, has no candidates on the ballot for the elective offices of Village President and Village Trustee(s).

Public records of a public body are considered true and correct copies of originals and are able to be relied upon as true and correct. Apparently not the case in Nameoki Township, where public ...

On February 9, 2024, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) issued a rare Binding Opinion directing the Village of Dolton to respond to FOIA requests. On November 29, 2023, ...

The embattled and failing Thornton Township Supervisor, Tiffany Henyard, has filed another complaint against two Thornton ...

During this month’s regular board meeting, Chairman Tad Mayhall took no action on the appointment of James Mitchell to the ...

An election integrity report out of Kane County, Illinois, contains some very disturbing information. The report was presented to the County Board, to include requests for a full forensic audit of the ...

The Thornton Township Meeting of the Electors was held in a packed gymnasium at the South Suburban Community College. The ...

Several weeks ago, we filed a Motion for Leave to Intervene in a lawsuit in southern Illinois on the issue of the right of the public to access records filed with the courts. This morning without ...

Lake Land College has reportedly discussed taking down the wind turbine that was struck by lightning last year due to the cost of repairs – and because it never really worked as they thought it would.