Scott Reeder ponders whether government should be merciful as well as just.

Lunch partners are bullish have about the future of Illinois.

The Illinois General Assembly is a master of approving phony reform bills.

The best thing you can do to keep the choice to mask or not in schools in the hands of parents and kids is to get vaccinated, our editorial board writes.

That siren means something life-threatening is happening, the National Weather Service says. Whether it’s a tornado, strong wind, hail or another emergency depends on the agency that controls the sirens going off.

While the lottery encourages more people to get vaccinated, this game sets a bad example. There has to be another way to get people vaccinated without making it yet another game of chance.

The spring session of the Illinois General Assembly is now history. At the beginning of the session, there was renewed hope that critical aspects of Illinois government might change. After all, for the first time in decades, the House had a new speaker.