Any cost estimates team or government officials might bandy about should be considered somewhere between conservative and antiquated, much like the offensive playbook.

If a company must hire workers in order to stay in business, it should pay those people the minimum wage. That seems like basic fairness.

"Once again, Trump and Vance are showing they only care about protecting and further enriching their corporate benefactors at the expense of the health and economic well-being of American citizens," Patricia Podboy of Carpentersville writes in a letter to the editor.

Altogether it’s clear more than half of participating Illinoisans are voting outside conventional Election Day precinct polling places.

Judges didn’t legislate from the bench, per a common criticism, but observed repercussions and asked the General Assembly to revisit the drawing board.

Finding resources can be one of the hardest things for a family caregiver, particularly if one's loved one has dementia. A new program, as well as a new database, offers some guidance.

About 6% of adults owe more than $1,000 and about 3 million people have medical debt exceeding $10,000.

Successfully arguing to spend an extra $60 million seems to necessarily include showing how much more K-12 spending would need to increase if all the kids on the waiting list don’t start getting help until kindergarten.

"This seems a bit disingenuous coming from the Democrats that run Chicago and Springfield that wanted to suppress this obvious hate-crime and act of terrorism," Robert Gebhardt of Johnsburg writes in a letter to the editor.

"Unfortunately, fiscal conservatives are under-represented on school boards, which tend to support budgets advocated by the teachers unions," Tim Beck of McHenry writes in a letter to the editor.

"Most important is not how smart we are but how well informed we are. Maybe now is the time for us to evaluate ourselves as citizens," W. Jeff Varda of McHenry writes in a letter to the editor.

"Why would stores think I would visit their websites to find their ad? I don’t even think of those stores now. As they say, 'Out of sight, out of mind,'" Christine Steffy of McHenry writes in a letter to the editor.

Making these types of choices comes with the responsibility of elected office.

National Apprenticeship Week celebrates its 10th anniversary from Nov. 17-23.

Raoul: 'By putting tips toward driver pay, DoorDash could get away with contributing as little as $1 toward a worker’s pay and allow tips to make up the rest.'