General Assembly Democrats drafted a bill that significantly reduces financial liability to modify the 2008 Biometric Information Privacy Act.

There might be some members who could be open to the idea, but there simply aren’t nearly enough of those folks right now to cobble together a majority of 30 votes in the Senate and 60 in the House and a governor’s signature.

Government is about working for the public. Politics is about perception.

The so-called “Super Outbreak” of tornadoes over April 3-4, 1974, remains one of the worst tornado events in American history. Few remember that it began in Illinois.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and if the insurance companies don’t see it that way, lawmakers might force their hands.

As old man winter is on his way out the door, construction season is on its way in.

This 1860s building helped create Rock Falls. Yes, it looks terrible. Busted windows, rusty metal, broken, stained and crumbling bricks, but underneath all of that, the reinforced concrete bones of this building were built to last forever.

If it is possible to separate emotions from tragedy, the ongoing legal drama in DeKalb County may prove instructive.

Cost is an important aspect of Gov. JB Pritzker's proposed new state agency for early childhood services consolidation.