The Illinois Local Records Act outlines key transparency obligations for public bodies in the state. Most folks are not familiar with the law because the focus has been on ...

We filed a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) lawsuit against the village of Oswego for allegations of violations of FOIA when it denied requests for information related to the alleged road rage ...

Apparently, Milton Township thinks it can operate a “nonprofit” using township resources and self-declare the nonprofit as not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (and by extension, the Open ...

HAMMOND – Kimberly Robinson, age 57, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Gretchen S. Lund after pleading guilty to a single count of wire fraud, announced Acting ...

The Livingston/Ford/Iroquois County Rural Transit Committee Meeting was held last night to discuss the announced ceasing of operations and dissolution of the ...

After our email and article to the village explaining to them that the village of Poplar Grove Electoral Board’s special meetings scheduled to be held on Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday would ...

After almost a month, we have obtained the first set of records we requested in a Freedom of Information Act request to the Coles County State’s Attorney. We have no idea why our request took so long, ...

Filing of levies of taxing districts.     (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all taxing districts, other than a school ...

We recently posted an article indicating the CRIS Rural Mass Transit District board had decided to stop all operations and dissolve the district. This apparently ...

Earlier today, my office received information regarding allegations of official misconduct and bribery. Those allegations involve Vermilion Advantage, Vermilion County Elected Officials and the ...

The Dolson Township alleged official misconduct by the Township Supervisor and his wife, the clerk, appears to have gotten proper attention and is moving in the direction ...

On January 2, 2026, the CRIS Rural Mass Transit District published a press release stating that it was discontinuing all services in Ford, Iroquois, and Vermilion ...