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Attorney General Raoul charges former Sangamon County board candidate with perjury, forgery
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a former candidate for Sangamon County Board was arraigned on charges he knowingly delivered forged candidacy petition signatures, resulting in those petitions being filed with the Sangamon County Clerk.
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Water District finally provided payroll, names of employees
What we consider a routine request for public records under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA), Kerry Gifford, the General Manager of the Sangamon Valley Public Water District (“SVPWD”) claimed providing names of the district employees and their compensation was a violation of his “civil liberties.”
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IL Supreme Court stayed effective date of Safe-T Act pending appeal –
The Illinois Supreme Court has Stayed the effective date of the SAFE-T Act pending an appeal of the Kankakee County Circuit Court Opinion which declared parts of the Act unconstitutional. The stay applies to the entire state.
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Watchdogs - Mt. Pulaski Mayor James Cole resigns
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Watchdogs - Mt. Pulaski Attorney leaves station, citing conflict of interest
The attorney representing Mount Pulaski City council abruptly leaves in the midst of allegations against the mayor, James Cole.
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Watchdog co-founder offers education letter as a lesson in 'fake news'
To paraphrase Mark Twain: The death of Illinois' universities was greatly exaggerated.
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Illinois is where FOIA requests go to die, group alleges
Illinoisans hoping to get information from the government through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests often give up or forget because the requests take so long to come through -- if they ever do, a government watchdog group said recently.