From Politico: A TRUMP VISIT Lara Trump, the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee and daughter-in-law of the president, visited Illinois on Friday making a bold statement that Illinois could turn red in 2028 — and she revealed some insight about […]
From The Center Square: Illinois legislator blasts renewed push for progressive tax By Glenn Minnis | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – Democratic state legislators are again pushing a measure to change the state’s flat income tax to one with […]
From the U.S. Attorney: Three Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Carjackings and Armed Robberies in Chicago CHICAGO — Three men who committed multiple carjackings and robberies in Chicago, including carjacking a vehicle with an infant in the back seat and pistol-whipping […]
From McHenry County: Joining the McHenry County Board in the presentation of a check for $850,000 were Metra Chief Transportation Officer Vic Flores, and Ken Koehler, the county’s representative on the Metra Board. US Rep. Bill Foster came to the last McHenry […]
From Nunda Township Supervisor candidate Mike Shorten: Candidate Mike Shorten Demands Transparency and Accountability Following Removal of Campaign Signs Nunda Township, IL – This morning, February 24, 2025, Mike Shorten, candidate for Nunda Township Supervisor in the February 25, 2025 primary, received […]
From Politico’s article entitled, How Pritzker’s Speech Was Written There was no push-back within Pritzker’s team about comparing the Trump administration and the Nazi era, something that Republicans have criticized. “There was a lot of conversation about it, like ‘How do we do […]
From The Center Square: Concerns being raised about the electricity demands from AI data centers (The Center Square) – As the state of Illinois moves to mothball coal plants and transition to renewable energy, there are concerns that artificial intelligence data centers […]
With Governor JB Pritzker promoting the location of electricity sucking data centers in Illinois, I continue to wonder if we shall have enough power for them, plus current customers. Luckily, Illinois might have an appropriate site for another plant: The Jim Edgar […]
Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy “My Way or the Highway” Funk was censured by the Algonquin Township Board nine times. I know of no other public official that has even come close to that disapproval by his or her governing board. Running in […]
On Tuesday, the Marengo City Council will consider adding a grocery sales tax to reply revenue lost when the State legislature abolished a similar tax. From a public finance point of view, this is a good idea. Those governmental officials benefiting from […]
From the Village of Fox River Grove: Village of Fox River Grove is Partnering with a Developer for Downtown Block FOX RIVER GROVE – The Village of Fox River Grove is pleased to announce that it has selected the Harlem Irving Group […]
It appears that all of Danijela Sandberg’s direct mail effort occurred right before the Tuesday election. The danger in late mailings is that they do not arrive before Election Day. Even with a mailing being tagged as political, the Post Office does […]
From Rich Rostron of The Response: Free speech allows CBS Face the Nation host to prove she’s an idiot The temporary FOX & Friends weekend host cut her some slack. He said that she works really hard. The only half-criticism he offered […]
From the Illinois Policy Institute’s cartoonist, Eric Allie:
From the Jewish News Syndicate: Columnist Sara Lehmann continues, “Such deceitful criticism of Trump reeks of partisan animosity of the basest kind. The governor’s confusing use of Nazi imagery is targeting the wrong culprit and, in the process, exonerating the real perpetrators… […]
Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy “My Way or the Highway” Funk was censured by the Algonquin Township Board nine times. I know of no other public official that has even come close to that disapproval by his or her governing board. Running in […]
Found on “Not the Bee“: Gov. Pritzker declares Lake Michigan is now “Lake Illinois.” The responses are perfect. The Democratic Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, really must look up to President Trump. After the Gulf of America became standardized on all U.S. […]
From Danijela Sandberg’s campaign for re-election:
In Lee County, Florida, newspaper articles like this add powerful incentive to restaurants and food trucks to be clean operations. No similar incentive exits in McHenry County. The information for individual establishments is available, but making comparisons is quite difficult. Too difficult […]
John Kass ends his Sunday column with a photo of Illinois U.S. Senators Dick Durbin, Adam Schiff and others I don’t recognize in front of FBI headquarters with a sign saying, “Block Kash Patel.” (There is more in small print, but I […]
From Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Danijela Sandberg seeking votes on Tuesday in the Republican Primary Election:
From Rob Parrish, candidate for Nunda Township Road Commissioner: The strange thing is Parrish is not on the ballot until April 1st, when he will be running against Mike Lesperance. Here is the Abc story:
You could tell that the McHenry County GOPAC/Joe Tirio Fundraiser was a significant affair from the media coverage. ABC’s Channel Seven interviewed McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio. ABC reported Tirio said, “”He is the head of the executive, and he is, as […]
From State Rep. Jeff Keicher: Governor Pritzker delivered his annual Budget Address in Springfield on Wednesday. As a strong supporter of our Jewish friends and neighbors here at home as well as those in Israel, I was outraged when the Governor smeared […]
Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy “My Way or the Highway” Funk was censured by the Algonquin Township Board nine times. I know of no other public official that has even come close to that disapproval by his or her governing board. Running in […]
From the Sheriff: Now Accepting Applications for Telecommunicator McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is currently taking applications for the position of Telecommunicator. Deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2025, for all new applicants. Lateral applicants are encouraged to apply year-round. […]
From the McHenry County Regional Office of Education: Regional Office of Education Seeking Sponsors for 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee WOODSTOCK, Ill. – The McHenry County Regional Office of Education is seeking generous, community-minded sponsors to help send the winner of the […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
From Nunda Township Supervisor candidate Mike Shorten comes this message: Hi, it’s Mike Shorten again! Join me tomorrow from 9 AM to 12 PM at the Nunda Township Office (3510 Bay Rd., Crystal Lake, downstairs entrance) to cast your vote—I’ll have coffee […]
From the University of Illinois comes this announcement: The University of Illinois Press (UIP) and the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) are pleased to continue the annual competition for the best dissertation or first book manuscript by a single author in the field of Women’s, Gender, […]