On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as a day to honor the nation’s mothers.

Because the statutory language clearly applies to businesses, government units obviously are excluded.

Scudder deftly explains the case history and why Madigan’s appellate arguments failed, routinely addressing what a reasonable jury could believe based on everything shown at trial.

Lawmakers have filed more than 11,400 bills and resolutions since the current General Assembly started in January 2025.

As the Bears stadium bill advances in the Illinois House, state Rep. Kam Buckner faces pushback from the governor's office and Senate Democrats over surprise changes to the deal.

Anti-violence might be my deepest held personal position. But that comes from understanding how much we actually have normalized the scourge.

Column: Where’s your go-to for news? I wondered, “Are we going to survive as a species, the way things are going? They moved up the Doomsday Clock," writes Rick Holinger.

Column: What's Happening in Batavia? A citywide garage sale fundraiser, veterans resource fair and more are coming up this week and in May, writes Lori Botterman.

Today, the NFL draft is one of the biggest sports stories on the calendar, with ESPN and other outlets covering everything in overhyped detail. The first-ever NFL draft in 1936 was a different story.