From the JB Pritzker Administration: ICJIA Announces Grant Opportunities Totaling $50 Million to Restore Communities Impacted by Systemic Racism and Disinvestment CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) announced today two funding opportunities for the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) […]
From State Senator Don DeWitte: After a particularly blessed Christmas holiday, I’d like to share some personal health news. In late September, following an uptick of my PSA through annual blood testing, and an MRI followed by a biopsy procedure, I was diagnosed […]
From Unleash Prosperity Hotline Issue #1424: Texas Wins the Moving Truck Wars U-Haul keeps track of how many of its one-way moving trucks move from state to state. In 2025, Texas edged out Florida as the top destination state – though our VoteWithYourFeet website points […]
A recent story reports that the new food co-op on Route 14 in Woodstock is in financial trouble. Now comes Jeanne Ives with news of a $1.5 million subsidy from Federal taxpayers by McHenry County’s former Congressman Sean Casten to a DuPage […]
State Sen. Don DeWitte is recovering from surgery last month to combat Adenocarcinoma, a form of prostate cancer, he told supporters in an email Monday, according to the Daily Herald. “I am currently recuperating out of state with family and intend to be back […]
Melissa Bean a former Congresswoman who represented McHenry County and was beaten by Joe Walsh has a TV ad running which blames her defeat on her support of Obamacare. I’d suggest she lost the election because Green Party candidate Bill Scheurer got […]
State Senator Laura Fine, having said she raised $1,25 million in October, November and December, is on the air with a television ad:
Steve Willson read the study of cost per student published by the Illinois Policy Institute. Then he went to the source and discovered the cost per student Willson discovered the cost per student considerably higher. Here is what he sent me: The […]
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From the Illinois Labor Department: New Law Protects Workers Who Document Violence Using Work Devices SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is reminding employers and employees about a new amendment, Public Act 104-0171, to the Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) which clarify that […]
Most of it is pretty mild. There are a couple of tax and fee proposals. But the second priority seen below is a bit troubling: Secifically, the County wants a return to the revenue sharing deal which got the 2.5% state income […]
Looking at the records filed with the Illinois State Comptroller one sees the Richmond Township Cemetery District reporting spending It’s hard to envision what social services a cemetery district might provide. Hence, Bob Anderson’ take that appeared yesterday. Here is what is […]
From the campaign of Morgan Coghill, Democratic Party opponent to Brad Schneider:
From the campaign of Don Tracy: Raja Krishnamoorthi Praised & Endorsed Tim Walz. Where Does He Stand Now? SPRINGFIELD – This morning, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota announced that he’s dropping his bid for a third term as governor in response to revelations of a […]
From R. Cary Capparelli, Republican primary candidate for the Republican nomination to the US Senate: GEO-POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED FOR HOUSE & SENATE CHICAGO, IL — R. Cary Capparelli, Republican primary candidate for the U.S. Senate from Illinois, said the apprehension of Nicolás […]
With the resignations of the Supervisor, Clerk and office administrator in Richmond Township, people are wondering what’s going on. Government consolidation crusader Bob Anderson of Wonder Lake now asks the $64 question: Illinois’ over 1,400 townships are outdated 1800s local government of […]
From Erik Sivertsen: McHenry, IL — The GOP Voter Information Project (GOPVIP) will host the Illinois Governor Voter Information Forum on Sunday, January 25, 2026, in McHenry, Illinois, providing Northern Illinoisvoters with a rare opportunity to hear directly from Republican gubernatorial candidates […]
Maybe I’m being a it too harsh. It is a natural tendency for politicians to immediately think of what might happen when an elected official dies, gets indicted or resigns. In the case of the resignations of Richmond’s Supervisor and Clerk (a […]
From the Woodstock Police:
From Eric Allie, the Illinois Policy Institute’s cartoonist:
On a door at the door of the Sage YMCA:
From the U.S. Attorney: Year in Review: U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago Cracked Down on Crime While Implementing Significant New Policies and Initiatives in Productive 2025 Initiatives in Productive 2025 CHICAGO — The United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago increased its caseload […]
From the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District: Personal Injury Accident, Car versus House On January 2, 2026, at approximately 9:53 p.m., Algonquin Police Officers, along with members of the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, responded to a residence […]
It was December, 2024, that I posted the following piece about my friend from Venezuela’s vision for his country: My friend believes that getting rid of Maduro will encourage those who left the country to return. That led to my August post […]
From a Friend of McHenry Cunty Blog:
Bushra Amiwala and two other Democratic Party congressional candidates have announced a January 15th Chicago press conference on “Press Conference on AIPAC’s Influence & Money in Illinois Elections.” Amiwala, candidate in Illinois’ 9th district, said offers to take corporate PAC money are […]
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From the Crystal Lake Police:
From the State’s Attorney: COURT GRANTS STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE’S PETITION TO DETAIN MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announced today that the Honorable Judge Cynthia Lamb granted the State’s petition to deny pretrial release for Austin […]