From Legal Insurrection: Systematic Scholarship Discrimination In Illinois Public Universities Challenged By Equal Protection Project Our Civil Rights Complaint to the Department of Justice involves at least seventy-seven (77) scholarships and programs across seven institutions, including the flagship University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. […]
From the Illinois Policy Institute: Santa’s naughty list didn’t get any shorter in 2025, with Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan going to the federal pen and politicians at the state, county and city levels all getting bad behavior punished. Ranked as the second-most […]
From the JB Pritzker Administration: HFS to increase funding for Planned Parenthood to protect reproductive healthcare access across Illinois $4 million investment will cover the gap created by the Trump Administration’s move to defund Planned Parenthood The Illinois Department of Healthcare and […]
From the State’s Attorney: COURT GRANTS STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE’S PETITION TO DETAIN MAN ACCUSED OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF WEAPON McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announced today that the Honorable Judge Nader granted the State’s petition to deny pretrial […]
From the U.S, Attorney: Five Defendants Indicted on Federal Firearm Charges for Allegedly Trafficking Firearms in Chicago CHICAGO — Five defendants have been indicted on federal firearm charges for allegedly trafficking firearms in Chicago this year. The cases in Chicago are part […]
From State Rep. Regan Deering: (R-Decatur): DEERING APPALLED AFTER GOV. SIGNS DOWNSTATE BAILOUT OF CHICAGO MASS TRANSIT After rushing the bill through during Veto Session, Governor Pritzker signed SB 2111, a measure to bailout Chicago’s mass transit system. The new law diverts […]
From the Cary Police:
When you read this press release from the U.S. Attorney, note that the crime charged is not arson, but “hate.” When parallel “hate crime” legislation came before the Illinois House, I voted “no.” I figured the motivation for the actual crime was […]
From the Cary Police:
Illinois Policy has an article on how much local municipalities have “lost” because the state legislature did not continue the deal to pass the state income tax under the Richard B. Ogilvie administration (1969-73). Then, to gain sufficient votes, those local governments […]
The replacement for State Senator Don DeWitte will be a woman. There are two women running for the GOP nomination, one of whom will face off against a female Democrat. One of the Republican women, Danielle Penman, spoke to the GOP Party’s […]
From the State’s Attorney: COURT GRANTS STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE’S PETITION TO DETAIN MAN ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announced today that the Honorable Judge Nader granted the State’s petition to deny pretrial release for Kobe Anthony, […]
From Illinois Police Institute cartoonist Eric Allie:
From the U.S. Attorney: FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF VIOLENT CHICAGO STREET GANG FOR RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY INVOLVING 13 MURDERS CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has indicted six alleged members and associates of a Chicago street gang for participating […]
From a Friend of McHenry County Blog comes this information about the last Executive Committee meeting: McHenry County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting in December. Don Tracy speaks to McHenry County GOP Central Committee on his candidacy for the Republican U.S. Senate […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
It’s hard for me to believe, but some McHenry County Republican wanted Governor Rod Blagojevich to be the Lincoln Day Dinner speaker. The closest Blago came to being a Republican was his father, whom Rod told me was a “Goldwater Republican” the […]
Found on the Belleview News-Democrat derived from SmartAsset:
From the Lake in the Hills Police: No word on the condition of the deer.
From State Senator Sue Rezin: When Compassion Lacks Safeguards Pritzker Signs Controversial Assisted Suicide Law. Last week, Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1950, making Illinois one of a small number of states to allow physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill adults. The law […]
From the campaign or Cary Capparelli, running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate:
World Atlas names Woodstock as one of six “friendly towns” in which to retire: The city of Woodstock is proud to be a part of the Age-Friendly Livable Community initiative developed by the World Health Organization. The Woodstock Recreation Center and the […]
“Gov. JB Pritzker: A “Billionaire, But Make It Relatable” Starter Kit that includes rolled-up sleeves, a diner coffee mug and a flannel shirt that costs $600.” Illinois Politico suggests Republican billionaire Bruce Rauner wore jeans and a plaid shirt to speak to McHenry County […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
From the U.S. Attorney in Springfield: Justice Department Announces Results of Operation Relentless Justice 205 Child Victims Located and 293 Child Sex Abuse Offenders Arrested in Nationwide Crackdown, Including in the Central District of Illinois SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – The Department of Justice […]
From Illinois Politico: IT’s PERSONAL: Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, a candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 9th District, criticized the Trump administration and the U.S. House for voting to ban gender transition treatments for minors. “It’s terrifying and infuriating,” said the Illinois Democrat who […]
That’s the headline in the newsletter from State Senator Sue Rezin: New Transit Law Raises Costs and Redirects Revenue to Chicago Governor Pritzker has signed Senate Bill 2111 into law, a sweeping transit package that raises taxes and shifts state transportation dollars […]
From the Sheriff: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Single-Vehicle Crash Near Richmond A 20-year-old man from Harvard was seriously injured following a single-vehicle crash in the 7700 block of Tryon Grove Road, east of Greenwood Road, in unincorporated McHenry County. On Friday, December 19, […]
From the U.S. Attorney: FEDERAL JURY IN CHICAGO CONVICTS MAN OF LAUNDERING MONEY FOR MEXICO-BASED DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION CHICAGO — A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a man of laundering illicit cash proceeds from a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization. DAVID BERGER, […]