Right near the flag pole, Illinois Policy Institute staffers are encouraging those attending the McHenry County Fair to sign up for mail-in ballots.

Melanie Krakauer, Dan Patlak and Chris Andriesen, staffers for the Illinois Policy Institute, endured the heat Monday at the McHenry County Fair.

The Illinois Policy Institute does first-class research.

Most recently, it published a state-by-state and county-by-county analysis of effective tax rates.

One’s effective tax rate can be determined by dividing one’s tax bill by the value of one’s property.

Links to the two posts that went up recently on McHenry County Blog follow:

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