This week marks the 60th anniversary of Miranda vs. Arizona, a landmark Supreme Court case that established the famous words that must be read before criminal interrogations.

William Stephen Hamilton was an early Illinois legislator who platted the city of Peoria. The sixth child and fifth son, William, was nearly 7 when his father was killed in a duel.

In this week's column, Toby Moore writes that whether rich or poor, big or small, or healthy or unheathy, everyone must rise are take on the day.

A list of the governor’s proposed budget cuts was circulating among state legislators last week.

If you spend too much of your life watching the crowd, eventually you stop asking what excites you, what moves you, and what feels true. You stop creating and start performing.

Unlike today’s event, which is annually run on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, the Indianapolis 500 was held on May 30 every year until the early 1970s.

Every year when the legislature arrives at mid-May, it’s always tempting to look around, see the absence of real bicameral movement on legislation and conclude that nothing’s gonna happen in time for the scheduled May 31 adjournment.

Megaprojects developers would negotiate with local governments what “special payments” they’ll pay on top of property taxes based on frozen assessments.

We hope the stories in this special edition serve as a reminder that heroism doesn’t have to be extraordinary to matter.