In this weekend’s “A Taylor-Made Life,” Taylor Leddin-McMaster writes about a recent trip to Joshua Tree, Calif., and the astounding views the area offers.

'Treating our values like a liability means selling them out, and Illinois can’t afford leaders who cave when it counts.'

Opinion from Scott Holland: If the veto session conversation involves sales tax reform, this issue absolutely must be incorporated. Modernizing the tax structure is overdue, including for the opportunity to resolve unintended consequences

In much the same way local governments (especially schools) must dance with the state as its dominant yet clumsy partner, Springfield’s steps are too often intertwined with those from Washington, D.C.

On Wednesday, my sister Emma, my husband Joe and I attended the funeral of his Uncle Jonas in Hicksville, Ohio

In this week's column, Dennis Marek, a former public defender, writes a new state law is being put in place to provide legal counsel for counties which don't have the means or the attorneys to provide defense for those in need.

In this weekend’s “A Taylor-Made Life,” Taylor Leddin-McMaster writes about the upcoming fundraiser, Empty Bowls: Kankakee County, which raises money for area food pantries.

‘If I were the federal government, I’d strongly urge holding off until Thursday,’ she said of the plan to activate troops. But she added, it’s ‘up to them.’

In this week's column, Toby Moore writes about the humble - somewhat ragged - beginnings of the U.S Navy.