![On Tuesday, voters will decide whether to raise sales tax 25 cents per $100 in order to raise money for mental health services in McHenry County. This will remove a property tax levy scheduled to begin next year.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3603-1200x900.jpeg)
Voting on mental health tax takes place in McHenry County
Maggie Demski, Copy Editor
• March 18, 2024
![Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks during a Get Out the Vote Rally March 2, 2024, in Richmond, Virginia.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OPED-HILTZIK-COLUMN-VACCINES-GET-1200x800.jpg)
Opinion | Trump should not run for president again
Lola Cassidy, Online Managing Editor
• March 6, 2024
![Former U.S. president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/US-NEWS-NY-TRUMP-PROBE-1-GET-900x598.jpg)
Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges
Vanessa Moreno, News Editor
• April 14, 2023
![Three current District 156 school board members were re-elected during April elections last week, including Dawn Bremer, Nicole Morrow and Tim Hying.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/election-900x598.jpg)
McHenry held consolidated elections in early April
Ruth Luqueno, Contributing Writer
• April 11, 2023
![Donald Trump has done a laundry list of bad things throughout his political career and should not be considered for reelection in 2024.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_2855-900x675.jpg)
Opinion: We don’t want bigotry on the ballot
Alayna Majkrzak, Features Editor
• January 19, 2023
![Though some teenagers might not be informed enough to vote, the right should not be denied to those young people who work hard to stay in the know.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022_12_19_0hy_Kleki-1-900x676.png)
Opinion: The legal voting age should be lowered
Gabe Santos, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• December 20, 2022
![Voters cast their election on Nov. 8 in a school cafeteria in Des Moines. In McHenry County, officials judged the midterm election to be conducted freely and fairly.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/52486778706_2b15525106_k-900x601.jpg)
Midterms in McHenry County free, fair and secure
Hunter Blake, Staff Writer
• December 14, 2022
![This year, the staff of the McHenry Messenger reached out to as many candidates on the ballot as we possibly could, and we have gotten to know each race. Here are our endorsements.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/endorsements-900x601.jpg)
Midterm elections candidate endorsements 2022
Editorial Board
• November 7, 2022
![Steve Reick, representative of the 63rd district in the Illinois House of Representatives, is a Republican running for re-election during the 2022 primaries.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Reick.jpg)
Meet Steven Reick, the Republican running for Illinois State Representative
Lydia Lawrence, Business Director
• November 4, 2022
![A production line worker at Shaw carpet factory, William Raguay, assists his mother, Emma Medina, in casting her vote at the Dalton Courthouse side on Oct. 19, 2022. (Miguel Martinez/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/US-NEWS-GA-LATINOVOTERS-4-AT-900x600.jpg)
What to know about this year’s midterm elections
Vanessa Moreno, News Editor
• November 4, 2022
![Mark Curran, the longest-serving sheriff of Lake County, is a Republican running for a spot on the Illinois Supreme Court during the 2022 midterm elections.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Curran-2-900x721.jpeg)
Meet Mark Curran, the Republican running for Illinois Supreme Court
Freedom Tomasello, Opinions Editor
• November 2, 2022
![Allena Barbato, currently a Lake Villa trustee, is a Democrat running to represent Illinoiss 32rd state senate district.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Barbato-Portrait-900x668.jpg)
Meet Allena Barbato, the Democrat candidate running for District 32 State Senator
Lydia Lawrence, Business Director
• October 31, 2022
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