Nazneen Hashmi has been doing civic work for years, knocking on doors for candidates and helping train people interested in running for office. This year, according to Hashmi and other observers of local elections, there seems to be a larger number ...

Early voting begins Monday, March 18, for municipal offices and boards, school district boards of education and community college boards of trustees on the April 2 ballot. Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements in races of local interest. Fo...

Is Elgin Area School District U-46 doing enough to address bullying in schools adequately? Some school board candidates don't think so. All the candidates discussed their concerns about the issue at a recent candidate forum. One-term incumbent Jeane...

Early voting begins Monday, March 18, for municipal offices and boards, school district boards of education and community college boards of trustees on the April 2 ballot. Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements in races of local interest. Fo...

On April 2-5, more than 8,000 area students will attend Elgin Symphony Orchestra's Ainsworth Concerts for Youth at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin. It will include every fourth-grade student in Elgin Area School District U-46, thanks to the ge...

Judson University in Elgin this week announced a new partnership with Covenant Christian School of Aurora to help grow Christian education and provide a pipeline of future students. The nondenominational Covenant Christian School on the west side o...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The "Medicare for All" legislation that's become a clarion call for progressives has two little-noticed provisions that could make it even more politically perilous for 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. The legislation from ...