Aunt Martha’s clinic at Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital will share in the final 2023 federal government funding package.In her final days representing Woodstock in the 14th Congressional District, Rep. Lauren […]
In sports, you often can’t tell the players without a program.In the 2022 election, you won’t be able to tell the congressional candidates without a map.And you don’t need to […]
Two-term U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood is still in the 14th Congressional District.But Woodstock is not.Although the district of the Democrat who has represented Woodstock for three years was still largely […]
Elections in 2022 will be different from the mid-terms of the past.For one thing, the primary election won’t be held in the spring, originally scheduled for March 15. The Illinois […]
Just a day before the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood was upbeat about the proposal and a companion $3.5 trillion bill her […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comPresident Biden’s message Wednesday during brief remarks at McHenry County College brought “joy” and “relief” to U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood as she welcomed the president to her district. “President Biden’s […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comEngineering costs of $4 million to move the rail yard of Metra’s northwest line from Crystal Lake to Woodstock has made the first cut in Congress.A week after visiting […]
Underwood in town as city, schools get federal rescue funds
Vote-by-mail ballots in McHenry County heavily favored Democratic candidates in the Nov. 3 election.And they apparently helped to save first-term U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood.When local voting results were updated last […]
Don’t give away your vote for McHenry County coronerFunny how [County Board] Chairman [Jack] Franks would like the citizens to hand over their vote to a bunch of politicians. Remember […]
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