Pork from McHenry County’s Members of Congress

Found on the Citizens Against Government Waste website’s 2026 Congressional Pig Book::

The Congressional Pig Book is CAGW’s annual compilation of earmarks in the appropriations bills and the database contains every earmark since it was first published in 1991. All items in the Congressional Pig Book meet at least one of CAGW’s seven criteria that were developed by CAGW and the Congressional Porkbusters Coalition:

• Requested by only one chamber of Congress;
• Not specifically authorized;
• Not competitively awarded;
• Not requested by the President;
• Greatly exceeds the President’s budget request or the previous year’s funding;
• Not the subject of congressional hearings; or,
• Serves only a local or special interest

• 5M, New Interchange Minooka Road/I–80 Project – IL (Department of Transportation – Highway Infrastructure Programs)
• $2M, Rural Behavioral Health Services and Workforce Training Center – Arukah Institute of Healing, Inc NFP (Rural Housing Service – Rural Community Facilities Program)
• $2M, City of Dixon for Flooding Mediation Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.5M, Construct New Air Cargo Road – Central Illinois Regional Airport Authority (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $1M, Radnor Road Complete Street Corridor Plan – IL (Department of Transportation – Highway Infrastructure Programs)
• $1M, Park & Bilger Bridges – IL (Department of Transportation – Highway Infrastructure Programs)
• $600K, Galena Road Industrial Park – City of Peoria (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $500K, Furrow Road Bridge Replacement – IL (Department of Transportation – Highway Infrastructure Programs)

Bill Foster

• $3.1M, Illinois Route 47 Expansion and Water Main Relocation Project – City of Woodstock (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $1.1M,City of Crystal Lake for Lead Service Line Replacement (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District for Village of Holiday Hills Sanitary Sewer Extension Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $$1.1M, Village of Wauconda for Lead Service Line Replacement, Phase 1 (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1M, Hampshire Second Fire Station – Hampshire Fire Protection District (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $850K, Weber Road, 135th Street to Airport Road for Will County – IL (Department of Transportation – Highway Infrastructure Programs)
• $850K, Eola Road Branch Library Renovation – Aurora Public Library District (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $556.9K, City of Bloomington – Real Time Information and Crime Center – Bloomington, IL (COPS Tech)

• $1.1M, City of Aurora for Lead Service Line Replacement Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)

• $1M, Village of Berkeley for Section 2 Lead Service Line Replacement Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1M, Homelessness Prevention Project for the City of Aurora – City of Aurora (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $750K, 91st Street Infrastructure Improvement Project – DuPage County Division of Transportation (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)

• $1.3M, Niles Township Respite Center Renovation Project – Niles Township Government (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $1.2M, McHenry County Police Social Work Program Headquarters Project – County of McHenry (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $1.1M, Village of Algonquin for Sanitary Sewer Improvement Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, Village of Buffalo Grove for Mill Creek Subdivision Utility Resiliency Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, Village of Skokie for Storm Water Infrastructure Enhancement Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, Lake County Public Works for Water System Improvements (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, Village of Cary for Water System Resiliency and PFAS Mitigation Improvements Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, Village of Morton Grove for Lead Service Line Replacement Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)
• $850K, Cook County East Lake Avenue Bridge Project – IL (Department of Transportation – Highway Infrastructure Programs)
• $850K, CFD Engine House 71 Ambulance Annex – Chicago Fire Department (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• 850K, McHenry County Conservation District Fox Bluff Conservation Area Public Access Enhancement Project – McHenry County Conservation District (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $250K, Niles Howard Street Bridge Replacement Project – IL (Department of Transportation – Highway Infrastructure Programs)
• $250K, Fremont Township Critical Road Resurfacing Project – Fremont Township Highway Department (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $250K, Chicago Public Schools Mosaic School Improvements Project – Board of Education of the City of Chicago (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $250K, Evanston Beck Park Expansion Project – City of Evanston (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)

• $1.2M, Batavia Fox River Bike Path – City of Batavia (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)

• $1.1M, Lake County Public Works for Antioch Township Sanitary Sewer Improvements (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, Village of Fox Lake for Northwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility Upgrades (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, Village of Spring Grove for Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M. Village of Vernon Hills for Sediment Pollution Control Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, City of Highland Park for George B Prindle Water Treatment Plant Intake Improvements (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, City of North Chicago for Lead Service Line Replacements (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1.1M, Village of Wilmette for Lead Service Line Replacement Project (Environmental Protection Agency – STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)
• $1M, Gander Mountain Forest Preserve Improvements – Lake County Forest Preserve District (Natural Resources Conservation Service – Conservation Operations)
• $1M, Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office – Lake County State’s Attorney’s Community Violence Intervention Project – North Chicago, IL (OJP—Byrne)
• $580.7K, Antioch Downtown Improvement—Lake and Main – Village of Antioch (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $447K, City of North Chicago – Police Two-Way Radio Communications Modernization – North Chicago, IL (COPS Tech)
• $300K, Silver Creek Habitat Restoration and Flood Reduction – McHenry County Conservation District (Natural Resources Conservation Service – Conservation Operations)
• $250K, Waukegan Park District Adaptive Recreation Upgrades and Equipment at Roosevelt Park – Waukegan Park District (Department of Housing and Urban Development – Community Development Fund)
• $240K, Round Lake Beach Police Department – Technology Upgrade—Mobile Data Terminals – Round Lake Beach, IL (COPS Tech)