This time of the year, the phrase “March Madness” is everywhere, from pre-game shows to office pools. The words have become synonymous with college basketball, and have raked in cash for the NCAA. 

'If you really care about something and you want to be heard, there’s going to be someone who’ll listen to you.'

"The idea that those people who drive electric vehicles are not paying taxes like those who drive gas cars is simply wrong.”

Although "telephobia" may be something that seems like a new phenomenon for younger generations, it's something that some of us have had to deal with for many years.

Commitments – romantic or regulatory – are hard to come by these days. Just ask the Department of Homeland Security, which is charged with overseeing our nation’s Real ID program.

It can be frustrating to see a commonsense proposal stall (for now) seemingly because it doesn’t solve a problem it wasn’t created to address.

Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Utah have some form of taxes on electricity used as fuel.

Many top artists use their work to make political or social statements. Illinois native Helen West Heller was among them, and her radical political beliefs sometimes got her in trouble.

Although Piephoff noted “no conclusions have been reached,” anyone who has followed reporting on this issue knows a federal investigation will quite likely verify established trends.

Shah declined to stay the case based on President Trump’s recent executive order calling for a pause and review of how the Justice Department enforces the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

The death of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his caregiver wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, should serve as a wake-up call to caregivers about the need to have a check-in system in place.

Privacy concerns belong in that conversation, but rejecting studies out of hand requires embracing a status quo in ignorance of consistently changing factors.

State Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, chair of the House Transportation: Rail Systems, Roads & Bridges Committee, is heading into the transit funding discussions armed with an inch-and-a-half-thick binder filled with CTA salary data.

The government should never give itself more responsibility than it can manage or afford. Neither should it erect insurmountable barriers to employment, especially in fields where labor demand outstrips supply.

In Illinois on St. Patrick’s Day, there is green in abundance. And plenty of Irish eyes are smiling.