by Check CU | Feb 6, 2024 | Latest Articles
Emulsicoat asphalt plant in Urbana, Illiois Some residents in Urbana, Illinois have been receiving letters from an Indiana law firm regarding possible litigation over a decades long air quality problem. Neighbors in the Historic East Urbana Neighborhood Association...
by Check CU | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured
The City of Urbana, Illinois has now spent over $30,000 in their efforts to keep police use of force records secret, only to eventually release them in a lawsuit settlement. This story started almost exactly two years ago, when Check CU requested records from the City...
by Check CU | Mar 17, 2023 | Latest Articles
A screenshot of the Illinois Documents website, where hundreds of Central Illinois public officials are listed in a single directory In recognition of Sunshine Week, Check CU would like to draw attention to some Central Illinois resources that make public records and...
by Check CU | Mar 17, 2023 | Latest Articles
Urbana City Clerk Charlie Smyth pioneered records denial schemes that continue to be repeated and cause damage today In recognition of Sunshine Week, Check CU presents the elected official who pioneered illegal public records denial schemes for the City of Urbana,...
by Check CU | Apr 3, 2022 | Latest Articles
New Interim Police Chief Richard Surles (bottom left), resigned Police Chief Bryant Seraphin (bottom center), and new Interim Deputy Police Chief Matthew Bain (bottom right) at the March 28th 2022 Urbana City Council meeting. On March 28th, the Urbana, Illinois City...
by Check CU | Jan 22, 2022 | Latest Articles
Urbana Human Resources Director Todd Rent (now HR Director for the University of Iowa) violated FOIA by refusing to provide City financial records to the News Gazette In April of 2014, the City of Urbana was cited by the Illinois Attorney General (IAG) for a Freedom...
by Check CU | Jan 17, 2022 | Latest Articles
City of Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin spent months actively muting residents for expressing opinions The City of Urbana offered to pay $12,750 for plaintiff’s attorney’s fees in order to bring an end to an Open Meetings Act (OMA) lawsuit which was filed on November 20th,...
