McHenry County Opinion
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Endorsement: Daily Herald endorses Foster over Stella in 11th Congressional DistrictOct 09, 2018 12:00 pm - With science under attack in the federal government and concerns about climate change broadening, it's good to have a scientist in the house. Specifically, the U.S. Hous...
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Endorsement: Daily Herald recommends Schneider over Bennett in 10th Congressional DistrictOct 09, 2018 5:30 am - At a time when polarizing partisanship divides Congress, we put a premium on representatives who reach across the aisle to help craft meaningful bipartisan legislation. ...
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Be honest about miles-driven taxOct 08, 2018 1:00 am - We're starting to see more articles on a mileage usage tax. Gasoline tax currently funds road repair and infrastructure. Guess what. The move to electric vehicles and be...
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Elect state senator from our areaOct 06, 2018 1:00 am - I grew up in a house on the west side of St. Charles on 12th Street, near Horne in the '60s and '70s. When my parents first built our nice Westway home, we could see fro...
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Urges Arlington Heights board to re-examine minimum wageOct 03, 2018 1:00 am - Reclaim Northwest Suburbs asked the Arlington Heights Village Board in September to reopen discussion on the Cook County Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave ordinances and ...
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Kane County balks at tax increase, for nowSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County residents received at least a one-week reprieve from a tax increase Wednesday. But the latest draft of the county's 2019 budget fails to restore a program th...
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A woman ready to lead in CongressSep 24, 2018 1:00 am - The midterm elections of 2018 are very likely to go down in history as the year that women finally became ascendant in U.S. electoral politics, on their way to becoming ...
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Committee sends Longmeadow toll bridge funding to full Kane County BoardSep 18, 2018 1:00 am - Commuters on the north end of Kane County will have a new Fox River crossing option in the form of a 95-cent toll bridge if the full county board follows the lead set Tu...
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Thanks for serviceSep 17, 2018 1:00 am - As a policeman, life is hard. A friend describes his dad's job as "middle-of-the-meal leave." As a policeman, if a call comes, he must be ready to leave within minutes o...
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Editorial: Complaining over the wrong distractions in Van Dyke prosecutionSep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - As a nationally watched murder trial gets under way in Chicago, the chairman of the Kane County Board is worried about the wrong distractions involving the trial's prose...