Whether the subject is data centers or just about anything else outside of personal privacy concerns, NDAs where one party is funded by tax dollars seem to run directly counter to the ideal of government transparency.

Dr. Linda Hellmich: Fritts "could have used this moment to bridge differences and mediate a common ground. Unfortunately, his one-sided words and actions attacked a vibrant community organization’s credibility and viability."

If your body makes more cholesterol than it needs, there could be several reasons, and most of them are related to your lifestyle.

The breadth of invited attendees at the event organized last week by Gov. JB Pritzker really stood out.

A more valuable solution would be a nationwide approach to dictating Congressional district boundaries, as it has become untenable for so many states to operate under different conditions.

Richter: These businesses play a vital role in helping United Way strengthen Lee County by ensuring our community has access to basic needs, education, financial resources, and quality healthcare.

Opinion from Scott Holland: Hopefully I look back at those paragraphs in a year – or a month! – and see only unfounded hyperbole

Read historian Tom Wadsworth's third installment about Dixon’s cement plant, which opened in 1907 but is set to close completely in the next few months. This installment focuses on key historic events in the plant's rise and fall.

Adopting a conciliatory tone is proper, but the way this story is developing provides little comfort to people who saw the red flags waving far ahead of the current situation.