"Randy Funk has done so many great things for the area over the years. Someone needs to stand up to the attempted political smear by current" township trustees, Hans Goll of Woodstock writes in a letter to the edit.

"Randy Funk has done a lot for the township. Imagine what he could do if he had a team willing to work with him," Dylan Hakansson of Crystal Lake write in a letter to the editor

No legislation spontaneously lands on the governor’s desk, which makes paying attention to even efforts doomed to initial failure an important part of understanding the governmental process and the political priorities of those we send to Springfield.

After a cancer diagnosis, there's nothing routine about routine screenings. And the anxiety that accompanies each test sometimes isn't always much ado about nothing.

I try to stay away from predictions, especially in the political sphere, an expected outcome from a couple of decades of guessing wrong more than right. So I’m not saying Pritzker will consider my next idea … but maybe he should.

Any candidate who can run even a modest turnout operation ought to succeed, especially in races where voters can make multiple choices.

The party in power has to make these changes. Republicans can’t do it alone, nor does their public relations campaign have influence unless and until it crosses over into motivating Democratic voters to either pressure incumbents or withhold electoral support.

Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights, filed House Bill 2396 four years ago today. Known as the “Full-Day Kindergarten” law, the bill passed the House 87-23 and the Senate 52-1.

Being a caregiver requires exhibiting a lot of patience, even more so when one's charge has dementia. However, the need for patience goes to another level entirely when a caregiver also must deal with the limitations brought on by an injury.

Scientist Dr. Mani Bhaumik, who played pivotal role in developing laser technology, never stops learning, never stops striving.

'If the problems are fish in a barrel, the complaint contains an entire school of tuna.'

"No amount of Wayne Jett signs littering McHenry since November can detract from Jett’s eight years of failure as mayor," Tony Esposito of McHenry writes in a letter to the editor.

'Any legislative attempt to regulate homeschooling will be met with swift and certain opposition'

"The Crystal Lake Lions would like to thank all the supporting local businesses that offered raffle prizes and paid endorsements for our largest fundraiser of the year," Rob Parrish, president of the Crystal Lake Lions Club, writes in a letter to the editor

"As voters, haven’t we had enough of politicians who think they know better how to spend our money and who push their agenda on us?" Sue Lambrakis of McHenry writes in a letter to the editor.