Michael Skala

McHenry County has received as much as $10 million from a contract with ICE, but a new state law requires the contract to end along with the revenue stream

McHenry County taxpayers could collectively be on the hook for an additional $1.4 million under McHenry County’s proposed budget in part, officials said, because of a 2017 property tax cut and the state’s move to end the county’s contract with ICE.

One county board member said the superintendent's testimony to state lawmakers about the failed audits was "misleading"

‘It speaks volumes about our sound, forward-thinking fiscal policy that we not only weathered a once-in-a-century pandemic, but also kept our Aaa bond rating,’ one County Board member says

McHenry County Board to consider the cancelation of ICE contract after committee approval Thursday

Resolution will be considered by second committee next Thursday; activists say action at the local level is sends an important message