Newspapers across Illinois provide access to public notices and verify compliance by government units. They also serve as a permanent record o…
The veto session showed glaring flaws in the system.
500,000 deaths is the equivalent of the entire city of Miami wiped out, plus a good chunk of neighboring Miami Beach. It's also probably an un…
Effective government in a closely divided country means trying harder to bridge the divides. And this demands, against all odds, two parties c…
On Tuesday, Feb. 23, Decatur has the opportunity to see a preview of whether interest in voting continues after the record-setting November election.
It's somewhat surprising the budget does not feel as though it was written by someone at the helm of a sinking ship. There's scant room for op…
A half-dozen vitals should be part of your emergency kit.
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COVID-19 reversed years of slow but steady progress against poverty in the United States; according to researchers at Columbia University, the…
Even as Madigan essentially dared state Democrats to find someone in their ranks capable of who could acquire more votes for House Speaker tha…
Good and bad from the last week.
Monday is our country's designated day to recognize our presidents.
Welcome, Senator. We look forward to you making history serving your newest constituency.
We have a tendency to take our 16th president for granted.Â
The best and worst of the week.
A plan that combined amnesty with better enforcement is capable of commanding bipartisan support.
Congress, whose failure to renew the Voting Rights Act opened the floodgate to problematic state voting laws and procedures, must restore teet…
This is an editorial from the Herald & Review opinion page.Â
This is an editorial from the Herald & Review opinion page.Â
It’s a belief system that is going to have both short- and long-term effects on national politics.
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Unleashed by online services such as Robinhood and Webull that make it cheap and easy to buy and sell stock, small investors went into open re…
One of our societal flaws is misplacing blame.
We’ve spent years careening toward the jammed mess that is the Information Superhighway. We’re choosing a vaguely un-American way to deal with it.
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It’s the right of every citizen to have a voice in the implementation of a legal activity.
The outlook for vaccination in Central Illinois is a positive one -- when the supplies finally get here.