The governor signed into law Friday a bill that will hand taxpayers the power to dissolve by petition any McHenry County township. Under House Bill 348, which goes into effect immediately ...

SPRINGFIELD — McHenry County is a 610-square-mile area on the Wisconsin border, about 90 minutes from downtown Chicago. Its 300,000 residents live in urban centers — such as Crystal Lake ...

Even if the voters in McHenry County opt to leave their townships intact, the law automatically eliminates at least five road districts in Lake County that maintain 15 miles of roads or fewer.

Regardless of what you think about the value of township governments or the need for consolidation of government units in Illinois, recent stories out of McHenry County at least indicate a problem ...

David McSweeney is working to end township government completely in Illinois. McSweeney’s proposed House Bill 348 would give McHenry County residents the option, via referendum, to dissolve ...

A state lawmaker whose district includes McHenry County has taken aim at townships. State Rep. David McSweeney, a Barrington Hills Republican, pushed legislation that would allow McHenry County ...