As 2015 ends, Illinois cheerfully heads toward disaster
Say farewell to 2015, the year of the great Springfield shake-up, and say hello to 2016, the year of change. When Illinois voters supported Republican Bruce Rauner for governor in...
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Kadner: Lincoln-Way parents seek justice from a lawsuit
Elizabeth Sands fought back tears as she explained to her neighbors and members of the news media why she was the driving force behind a lawsuit filed this week against...
Storm damage forces Together We Cope to close
Together We Cope, the largest social service agency in the southwest suburbs, was forced to close the doors of its client service center, food pantry and resale shop in Tinley...
Legalize and tax fantasy sports gambling
Illinois ought to make online fantasy sports gambling legal, tax the heck out of it and share in the windfall that millions of our fellow residents are cheerfully generating for...
Thornton Township Dems back Alvarez primary foe
Frank Zuccarelli, one of the most powerful Democratic committeeman in Cook County, dealt a major blow to the re-election campaign of Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez on Thursday by...
Never a dissent on this state review board
A five-member state review board that hears appeals of unemployment compensation rulings issues nothing but unanimous decisions because only one member, or a staff attorney, generally reviews the evidence and...
When a threat shuts down a school system
Do you want to be the chief of a public school system who orders the entire system shut down as a result of a threat and later discovers there was...
‘Tax Hike Mike’ actually makes sense
"Tax Hike Mike" is the title of a new social media campaign launched by the Illinois Republican Party. It ridicules Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan for a statement at the...
Kadner: Only 1 in 5 Chicago cops certified to use Tasers
Before Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times on a Chicago street leading to federal investigations, the firing of the police superintendent, murder charges being filed against a police officer and...
Hospital closing subject of hearing
South suburban mayors will hold a public hearing Thursday on the impact of the proposed closing of St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights, the latest in a long series of...