For years I have pointed to the office of State’s Attorney as one of the biggest failures in Illinois as it relates to public corruption and selective prosecutions in Illinois. Time and time again we ...

NPR ILLINOIS: State’s Top Fiscal Watchdog Misspent Nearly $250K In Campaign Funds, High Court Finds Investigative Reporter and Editors ("IRE"): Four finalists selected for 2021 Golden Padlock Award ...

We will use Will County Veterans Assistance Commission (“VAC”) in this example, but the same applies to all county VACs, and is spelled out in the Illinois Military Veterans Assistance Act. EDITED ...

According to the docket on Judici, in Shelby County Court this morning, Special Prosecutor Jones “Nolle Pro’d” the criminal misdemeanor charge against Christopher Boehm. Previous article: Chris ...

The Village of Poplar Grove’s election this month was supposed to elect the village president, some village trustees, and the village clerk. When it came time for the village clerk, Karri Miller, to ...

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 ago. No records were ...

In January we reported that Kattie Abbey, the Jersey County Treasurer, was under Illinois State Police investigation for ...

The Village of Rochester is having a special meeting this evening. While we have not been able to locate the public notice and agenda on their web site, we have obtained a copy of the agenda which can ...

Reports we received today indicate the Champaign County Auditor was found to have inappropriate image(s) on his office computer in 2023. The above statement was taken directly from a forensics report ...

Champaign County is facing an electioneering complaint regarding the attempt to pass a public safety tax increase, doubling that specific tax. Two prior articles on the issues being raised can be ...

The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) has issued a determination that the Dalzell Fire Protection District violated the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) when the majority of a ...

As suspected, Objectors filed their objections to the petitions asking for a referendum question to abandon electing Rantoul Village Trustees by district. Just as in 2023, the “bottom line” of the ...