If you have a big goal, it’s essential to move toward it as quickly as you can, but it may be equally important to build yourself up and prepare for the storms of life because they will come.

General election campaigns draw considerably more interest than primaries, but when facing crowded fields of candidates who carefully manage messages and appearances, bank accounts can be revealing.

Omitting the word “Jews” when commemorating the Holocaust is not a harmless slip but a dangerous erosion of historical truth that fuels ignorance, antisemitism and the gradual whitewashing of genocide.

I just do not see how Democratic legislators are gonna agree to take away any cash buffers while the state budget is under constant federal siege, with more likely on the way.

The current process is enshrined in the state constitution, as the court reminded when announcing Tailor’s appointment in January.

We have had a real winter so far with cold weather and lots of snow. Our younger generation in the family has had lots of fun with sled rides.

A union coalition backing Tier 2 reforms has long argued Pritzker’s proposals don’t go far enough to deal with their concerns about how the reduced benefits for employees hired since Jan. 1, 2011, negatively impact recruitment and retention.

In this week's column, Dennis Marek asks a very simply question: Can the American way of life be saved?

Many Latinos backed Trump because they were disillusioned with the Democrats’ failure to restrain prices, and they’re now abandoning Republicans for exactly the same reason.