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Lawmakers heard the concerns and put the $50 million in the fiscal 2025 budget. Crisis averted, right?

Marc Silverman writes: I don’t believe there was a single Chicago Bears player who maximized his potential in 2024

Your mindset isn’t about what happens to you. It’s what you feed it.

Neville further said "consistency between the two laws is essential" for both marijuana users and police, thereby giving lawmakers a path and the motivation to follow.

Columnist pays tribute to local musician who had Top 40 hit

High blood pressure places extra strain on your heart muscle and your arteries, drives cholesterol into your artery walls, and can disrupt the plaques that form on your artery wall, leading to a heart attack. 

To many Statehouse types, some of last week’s news out of Washington, D.C., felt eerily familiar.

'It’s not punishment for the individual who committed the crime. It’s to protect all of our kids and to ensure that the people who committed the crimes get the help that they need.'

It was televised by two networks and was not even close to a sellout, despite ticket prices as low as $6. It was thrown together in 26 days. And it had an unwieldy name. 

This past week was a reminder of those times and that awful place

St. Charles Park District's Norris Recreation Center offers something for everyone.

It can be difficult to stay positive

There is nothing like making a good decision and being reminded how good it was

More than two decades ago, a popular show called “The Bachelor” debuted on television.

Our loved ones, however, find our flaws frustrating, especially when we arrive late, forget to pick up the one thing they ask us to buy (tobacco sauce) or request five minutes on a tech problem that takes three hours.

Congressional Republicans have resisted federal legislation to outlaw partisan political maps. Illinois Democrats create deeply red districts and dilute the voting power of their own constituents.

Opinion|Vaughn: Kicking off 2025, Kishwaukee United Way teamed up with DeKalb High School for an electrifying gym rally designed to motivate students and staff to finish the academic school year on a high note.

A brutal cold snap with several inches of snow hit Springfield as we were finishing the work of the previous Legislature and starting the new one this month

Law firms certainly don’t go broke doing this business. Property tax lawyers go to the mat for private clients against Chicago City Hall and taxing bodies across the state.

Ben Johnson won the press conference but now he must win the draft room by demanding Ryan Poles fixes these issues on the Chicago Bears, Marc Silverman writes

In politics, desert has become a useful noun, while adjectives help tell the story.

The Illinois legislature’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability recently released an eye-popping actuarial analysis of a union-backed pension reform plan.

Titled “2024 Illinois’ National Rankings,” the 70-page document compares our state to the rest of the country in 23 categories covering tax rates and revenues, government spending and employment trends.

It was supposed to be a fun-filled weekend in Chicago for deserving students from the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville. The whirlwind schedule included a visit to a museum, a basketball game, and a stay in a luxury hotel. Then it went horribly wrong. 

Sitting in a lake house made up of glass windows surrounded by tall, bare trees and flurries of snow, I felt like I was inside a snow globe

Where did January go? Here we are, the last weekend of the month. So much has happened already. With another week to go, it is scary to think what else could happen. And what else we could needlessly worry about

When the Manteno fire whistle sounded in the late afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1951, volunteer firefighter Paul Maisonneuve was donating a pint of blood at the Red Cross blood bank

So, is that the craziest title yet on my articles? Well, hang on.

These aren’t forfeitures of items used in alleged crimes – an issue with its own tangled past – which means state police aren’t informed. Lawyers and judges presume the deals are on the level.

Few toys capture the imagination like Lego bricks. There’s even a day on the calendar to celebrate them.

It’s important for regular folks and elected officials to have a working knowledge in order to participate in meaningful discussions about solutions.

After months of hand wringing over the Bears, it’s time to give them a hand for hiring Ben Johnson, Marc Silverman writes

Many people feel they can’t have the life they want because of their past limitations or failures

Ambiguity might decrease if lawmakers were more explicitly prescriptive when establishing policy, but that’s often politically unpleasant compared to taking credit for at least passing something and then waiting it out for years while jurists finalize checks and balances.

Mangler: We know it’s cold but if you could brave the wind chill, we’d love to see you at the final weekend of “It Had To Be You.”

'For transit to be useful, it has to be within walking distance of the places people are actually going. And the destinations where people are actually going are not in the middle of the freeway.'

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should’ve known better than to have ever worked with then-Chicago Alderman Danny Solis. He brought all this on himself.

Oats can be a great energy source for humans. They are a good source of starchy carbohydrates, and they contain a decent amount of protein and B vitamins.

During the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, many of the largest – and bloodiest – demonstrations were in the South. A series of violent clashes in Illinois in 1966, however, surprised even Martin Luther King Jr. himself.

Mark your calendars for Jan. 31, the next time Stowaway Bay takes over Knack Brewing and Fermentations

A man walks to the top of his hotel and finds a bar with several tables. He chooses one and sits down. After a couple of drinks, he says hello to the man seated at the next table

The year 1958 was one that 14 Kankakee boys would remember for the rest of their lives. It was the year that they came within one game of becoming the Little League World Champions

Rather than cover the expected funding gap, the RTA said doing things right actually would cost twice as much: $1.5 billion. Further, the report calls for "a strengthened RTA to oversee region-wide minimum service standards."

The Tigers rallied around teammate Jackson Mason's family, each player walking up in the stands to present his mother, Heather, a carnation during warmups. A moment of silence was held to honor Jackson's dad, Pat, and he went out and hit a 3-pointer for him.

St. Charles Park District's January Jamboree this Saturday is a chance to get out and embrace the winter season

Sometimes, life feels so busy I dream of having one more day in the week. How great would that be?

If you’re not subscribed to your officials’ newsletters, do so now! I’m interested in hearing who has the best strategy and how we can improve communication for all.

Ben Johnson is still the home run hire, but who are the Bears to scoff at Mike McCarthy, Marc Silverman writes

'When people asked me for help, if possible, I tried to help them,' Madigan said last week, surprisingly testifying in his own defense.

Paschal: For this year’s football player of the year, I did want to dip back a bit to a bygone era, if you will, and just add a little extra style to the image.