Illinois Process FOIA LOG
January 16, 2026 8: 20 am First FOIA filed
January 23, 2026 1:38 PM Executive oversight responds to complaint and refers responsibility for remediation to the regulating agency, while acknowledging protected complainant status and prohibiting retaliation.
January 26, 2026 2:39 pm extension letter received.
February 2, 2026 12:14 pm FOIA response indicating over 3k plus records pending release of an answer since 2018.
February 2, 2026 12:59 pm FOIA request asking for what was requested that the state delayed indefinitely instead of releasing.
February 3, 2026 7:47 am FOI request to the Governor’s office for internal policies on delaying responses indefinitely to avoid giving a response
February 3, 2026 7:55 am FOI request to the Attorney General’s office for internal policies on delaying responses indefinitely to avoid giving a response
February 05, 2026 05:22 am ARDC filing submitted seeking clarification of inconsistent State representations regarding CRTA statutory purpose (executive communications vs. Attorney General judicial pleading).
February 6, 2026, 2:12 pm The Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission formally closed the submission without addressing the procedural inconsistency raised, stating only that it did not warrant a disciplinary investigation.
February 9, 2026 2:36 pm AG FOIA response requesting an extension
February 10, 2026 4:40 pm the Governor’s office requests a five day extension
February 10, 2026 2:39 pm the Governor’s office stated no policies or files exist
February 11, 2026 4:51 pm AG office requests a narrowing of the open pac files requested
February 11, 2026 5:21 pm I offer the office of the AG a narrowing as requested and ask what their capacity is so I can break down the full list and submit it all in portions if that narrowing doesn’t work.
February 18, 2026 3:28 pm AG Kwame closes the FOIA giving us less than 20 files of the 3000 plus files his office has been deferring a response to since 2018.
February 18, 2026 3:43 pm FOIA response sent to AG Kwame asking if he wants us to batch down the 3000 plus files in batches of 20 since his office didn’t send more than 20 because we want all the files.
February 18, 2026 3:49 pm FOIA filed with AG office to see if they’ll send me the first 100 files on their list they gave me.
February 19, 2026 4:38 pm the AG office sent a follow up claiming misinterpretation to the previous FOIA and that the complete list I sent they thought they only had to send what their agency received but they understand now what I requested.
February 19, 2026 5:20 I reply to their misinterpretation email with complete understanding but for clarity I asked them how small they want me to batch the full list because if they misinterpreted it and they claimed burdensome on 16 files how small should my batches for the FOIA be. I also asked where I should direct FOIA about the pac office because their interpretation informed me pac is no longer considered their agency and I want to ask the right agency where to get the files.
February 25, 2026 4:23 pm extension letter from the office of the Attorney General and a request to clarify what I want again. Also asked if they could reduce the scope to only 30 files at a time of the requested due to burdensome reasonings. They asked me to email them directly to discuss the scope.
February 25, 2026 4:26 pm I replied to the office of the attorney general in the portal and via email as they requested. I clarified what I wanted again and agreed to them sending only 30 files. I asked how they would like to go through the full list of 3000 plus so I don’t file over 100 FOIA filings in one day requesting them all.
February 26, 2026 10:07 am auto email from the portal of the attorney general letting me know they created a new FOIA request for me from the email they directed me to email and it wasn’t for refinement. According to PAC/ag office in may/june 2025 that doesn’t align with what they said to excuse violations.
March 4, 2026 1:09 pm Scope Reduction Reclassified. The Office of the Illinois Attorney General responded to FOIA request 2026 FOIA 078042, stating the requested records had not been located in routine searches and previously asserting the request appeared “unduly burdensome.” After I agreed to narrow the scope from 100 files to 30, the office characterized the email response as a “modified request” and opened a new FOIA file (2026 FOIA 078089) rather than treating it as a narrowing of the original request. Looks like they reset the timeline for only 30 files of the 3000 plus.
March 4, 2026 2:06 pm the office of the attorney general responded to the “modified” FOIA request they created with an extension.
March 11, 2026 12:38 pm office of the attorney general gave me a partial completion of the requested narrowed scope with explanations for redactions with an extension for the rest of the narrowed scope again.
March 18, 2026 12:07 pm office of the attorney general gave me a partial completion of the requested narrowed scope with explanations for redactions with an extension for the rest of the narrowed scope again.
March 25, 2026 12:46 pm office of the attorney general gave me a partial completion of the requested narrowed scope with explanations for redactions with an extension for the rest of the narrowed scope again.
April 1, 2026 12:39 pm office of the attorney general gave me a of the requested narrowed scope with explanations for redactions for the first 30 of 3161 files i requested.
April 1, 2026 12:49 pm I requested they continue the list from the office of the Attorney General or start the next 30 and I’ll file again for the rest until the list is completed.
April 8, 2026 1:11 pm extension request from the office of the attorney general
April 15, 2026 2:30 pm office of the attorney general gave me a partial completion of the requested narrowed scope with with an extension for the rest of the narrowed scope again.
April 22, 2026 11:17 am office of the attorney general gave me a partial completion of the requested narrowed scope with explanations for redactions with an extension for the rest of the narrowed scope again.
April 23, 2026 1:12 pm FOIA filed with IDFPR to get clarification on statements given by whistle blower to F’nAround.
April 29, 2026 3:46 pm office of the attorney general gave me a partial completion of the requested narrowed scope with explanations for redactions with an extension for the rest of the narrowed scope again.
April 30, 2026 5:14 am FOIA filed with IDFPR to get clarification on their rules regarding money laundering by regulated cannabis companies with proof and sworn statements of it or if they approve of it like they did and hid David Berger as ownership in Ivy Hall dispensary group
April 30, 2026 4:54 pm extension letter from idfpr on the whistle blower statements.
May 4, 2026 7:24 am filed with OEIG before federal escalation on zero tolerance policy due to IDFPR prior admittance of their failure to follow mandated reporting laws.
May 6, 2026 2:02 pm office of the attorney general gave me a partial completion of the requested narrowed scope with explanations for redactions with an extension for the rest of the narrowed scope again.
May 7, 2026 3:23 pm response to FOIA on whistle blower statements claimed no records found so denied, explained digital but didn’t release what was requested which was who they releases them to.
May 7, 2026 3:50 pm FOIA request to IDFPR to see if they gave nuEra Cannabis, their execs, or related entities an exemption to launder money and bypass the zero tolerance law.
May 8, 2026 11:22 am FOIA request to Illinois Gaming Board to see if they don’t keep logs or records of employee badges for gaming like IDFP stated they don’t for cannabis.
May 13, 2026 2:18 pm office of the attorney general gave me a partial completion of the requested narrowed scope with explanations for redactions with an extension for the rest of the narrowed scope again.
May 14, 2026 8:58 am FOIA response stating an extension to the request to Illinois Gaming Board to see if they don’t keep logs or records of employee badges for gaming like IDFP stated they don’t for cannabis.
May 14, 2026 11:11 am FOIA request to IDFPR to see if they followed the mandatory reporting duties for a felony admission of violating a zero tolerance money laundering policy after the OEIG ordered them to fix their failure to report after they admitting to failing to report crimes in 2025 for other violations.
May 15, 2026 2:18 pm response from the OEIG opening a number and referring the issue to an office at the Attorney General’s office and back to IDFPR to fix the issue of failing to report zero tolerance money laundering violations.
May 19, 2026 9:53 am FOIA response claiming they do not keep records to the request to Illinois Gaming Board to see if they don’t keep logs or records of employee badges for gaming.
May 20, 2026 12:07 pm office of the attorney general closes the foia of 31-60 of the 3k long list of files they have effectively put in a top-drawer we have been trying to open since February.
May 20, 2026 12:19 pm FOIA filed with the office of the attorney general for files 61-100 of the the 3k long list of files they have effectively put in a top-drawer we have been trying to open since February.
May 21, 2026 4:53 pm IDFPR responded to FOIA for mandatory reporting duties with too burdensome to narrow with keywords search as 9,047 emails were found to avoid claiming they committed a crime as OEIG already was filed for the last admittance for failure to report a crime response and they were told to fix it and didn’t.
May 21, 2026 5:11 pm Sent a refined FOIA request to IDFPR as they requested to address their burdensome request on if they did their job or committed a crime to cover up a zero tolerance felony.
May 28, 2026 2:23 pm extension received for the FOIA filed with the office of the attorney general for files 61-100 of the the 3k long list of files they have effectively put in a top-drawer we have been trying to open since February.
June 1, 2026 5:13 pm extension received for the refined FOIA request to IDFPR as they requested to address their burdensome request on if they did their job or committed a crime to cover up a zero tolerance felony.