“Long” John Wentworth, who died this day in 1888, served six terms in Congress representing Chicago – first as a Democrat, then a Republican – and among a legendary career played a role in formally ending the border dispute with Wisconsin.
If you ever need to feel ancient, strongly consider spending three hours with high school sophomores.
As revenue gambits go, relying on legal wagering to bolster state coffers has been a macro success. But that big picture is composed of micro markets with varying qualities of future forecasts.
Japanese employers have more than 56,000 Illinoisans working across 1,600 locations under 450 corporate subsidiaries.
Information doesn’t have to be sensational to be interesting.
After a long wait, Illinoisans are finally about to see the actual criminal trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan.