‘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.’
The Illinois ag sector is vital to the local, state and national economies.
German ancestry is the most prevalent ancestry in the state, and the culture of the German homeland has been a mainstay in Illinois for a century and a half.
Opinion by Scott Holland: This project could be transformative beyond even bold predictions, but that degree of potential also drastically elevates the stakes of failing to deliver.
It’s important to remember that any development at this scale necessarily impacts public resources, even if just transportation infrastructure and emergency response.
Plenty of legislative proposals are perennial, some with the same diligent sponsors and a few that represent old ideas under new names. On rare occasions, one party claims the other’s idea as its own and runs it up a different flagpole. That won’t happen with HB 2827.
Ambushes of law enforcement officers are a disturbing trend that must be stopped, columnist Tom Weitzel writes
"Numeracy – like literacy – equips students to think critically, solve problems and make informed decisions in daily life."
The beloved "Peanuts" comic strip debuted 75 years ago on Oct. 2; two of the original four characters were written out.