Column: Plans being made to celebrate our semiquincentennial
The U.S. will be celebrating next year, marking our daring break from Great Britain and the founding of the nation.
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Column: To be frank, Illinois residents love their ballpark hot dogs
Despite many major league teams pushing various sophisticated food offerings, the classic red hot remains the most popular game-day food for sports fans in Illinois.
Column: Library funding faces uncertain future under President Donald Trump’s orders
One of the cuts the Trump administration is eyeing is the elimination of the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
Column: Durbin needs to run again for Senate seat
With chaos abounding in Washington, D.C., and it spreading westward, the state’s senior senator is needed more than ever to corral an out-of-control executive branch.
Column: Online scams harder to recognize since days of the Nigerian prince
Overall, Americans lost 25% more money last year to fraudsters than in 2023.
Column: Lake County staycations may be the answer to plunging consumer confidence
We’re becoming a lonely outpost, persona non grata across the globe as other world citizens scorn us for Trump’s increasingly volatile actions.
Column: Mass transit going off the rails and over the cliff
From Chicago to Springfield they’re throwing around those scare words again when it comes to mass transit in the region: Doomsday, draconian, devastating.
Column: Statewide Democrats, Realtors enter Warren, Gurnee races
The Illinois Democratic Party and Realtors have injected themselves into what usually have been nonpartisan, micro-local contests.
Column: Trump administration’s DEI purge is disrespectful to veterans
Thanks to what is happening under the administration of President Donald Trump, these future veterans will be facing many uncertainties when they process out.
Column: Five years later, some have forgotten lessons learned from COVID crisis
Gov. JB Pritzker ordered schools, businesses, restaurants, movie theaters and more closed on March 21, 2020, because of the coronavirus outbreak.