Because the statutory language clearly applies to businesses, government units obviously are excluded.

In this week's column, Dennis Marek about taking another listen to the rock classic, "For What It's Worth."

Medicaid thresholds, housing vouchers and SNAP benefits all phase out in ways that punish couples who combine households and incomes.

COLUMN: The recent article in the Dixon Telegraph showing that at least 60 dead people were summoned for jury duty for an April trial based on a jury list provided by Whiteside County raises the question of the accuracy of the Illinois voter rolls.

Betty Obendorf of the Polo Historical Society covers current museum outreach and plans for Town & Country Days in her latest column.

Scudder deftly explains the case history and why Madigan’s appellate arguments failed, routinely addressing what a reasonable jury could believe based on everything shown at trial.

Political rhetoric reaches a breaking point: Can America's leaders find unity before the next attack?

There’s plenty to like about the Bears’ draft class, but one glaring issue still looms large, and it’s not going away, Marc Silverman writes

What do you do at those moments or on those days that it seems like time is flying by? Does that dampen your spirit or maybe depress you a little? Time is constant; however, how we observe time in our minds is not.

Lawmakers have filed more than 11,400 bills and resolutions since the current General Assembly started in January 2025.

Amakuni turned humiliation into mastery. He let failure teach him, harden him and drive him forward until the thing that once shamed him became the thing that set him apart.

Some of the worst killers had what our society generally considers the “best minds.”

As the Bears stadium bill advances in the Illinois House, state Rep. Kam Buckner faces pushback from the governor's office and Senate Democrats over surprise changes to the deal.

Anti-violence might be my deepest held personal position. But that comes from understanding how much we actually have normalized the scourge.

As we enter the month of May, I am proud to reflect on the progress and activity happening throughout our great city of Rochelle.

Ogle County sports columnist Andy Colbert chronicles his experience running the Boston Marathon.

COLUMN: Starchy foods can be part of a healthy diet if you keep two things in mind, namely processing and preparation.

Today, the NFL draft is one of the biggest sports stories on the calendar, with ESPN and other outlets covering everything in overhyped detail. The first-ever NFL draft in 1936 was a different story.

A family of 30 wakes before dawn to travel to Indiana for a wedding — and discovers what matters most in the journey.

Betty Obendorf of the Polo Historical Society talks about recent finds while getting into item processing at the Polo Museum.

MEIER: We hear the term "hacked" often, in the context of credit cards, bank accounts, and social media accounts.

The $28 trillion problem: How to fix America's spending and health care crisis at once.

In this week's column, Dennis Marek wonders how the framers of U.S. Constitution in 1775 would view the court's actions and the role of the Executive Branch plays in rulings today.

The people’s business isn’t always done in the predawn hours of Memorial Day weekend or crammed into a January lame duck session.

Column: At its core, our mission is to generate economic impact and promote DeKalb County as a premier destination for business and leisure travel, writes Cortney Strohacker of the DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

As Democrats in Illinois are once again plotting another massive tax hike, the most recent data shows that over 54,000 people and $6 billion of their hard-earned income have already fled our state.

The Driving Change legislation would move Illinois toward a fairer, more affordable system that prioritizes what should matter most: a driver’s record behind the wheel.

As Trump pushes to end the Iran war quickly, Iranian leaders are betting his domestic pressure will force a deal in their favor.

In this week’s “A Taylor-Made Life,” Taylor Leddin-McMaster writes about her grandfather's impending 95th birthday and all that he's seen in his years.

What will make the event watchable is how Trump reacts. He might play offense and list his grievances against the media, or he can fool them by taking an approach they don’t expect: Humility and self-deprecating humor.

IEPA estimates the remediations have an average cost of $150,000 per site and said its Underground Storage Tank Fund holds more than $80 million as of April 7. Ignoring inflation, five projects per year means it would take 106 years to burn through the entire fund.

Drafting at 25 doesn’t have the sex appeal of prior years, but it may be the most important one we’ve had in the Ryan Poles era, Marc Silverman writes

Celebrating the Baker Community Center’s 100th anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate its legacy and those who have helped ensure its continued use, the St. Charles Park District writes.

Back in the day, male politicians cavorted with their female staffers and got away with it. But that was way back and many days ago.

How are supposed to kids supposed to know what’s happening on their Chromebooks if they’re looking at their iPhones?

In this week's column, Toby Moore said gardening does not require a full set of tools nor a large plot of land, but rather desire.

For those of us who think all this talk about breathing exercises for better health is a bunch of foo-foo, science disagrees, writes Joan Budilovsky.

What’s funny about growing up in a deaf family? Almost everything, if you ask Craig Gass, who was the only hearing member of his household.

Few love the idea of a central government database, state or federal, tying everyone’s everything into a single record.

April 19 marks the anniversary of the clashes at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, between colonial militia and British regulars in 1775 that opened the Revolutionary War.

Communion services are held twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Singing is usually done for the first hour or so. 

Betty Obendorf of the Polo Historical Society covers a recent presentation she made on the Waterbury family.

Rose, who co-chairs the Legislative Audit Commission, dressed down DOC Director LaToya Hughes for helming an agency with 40 shortcomings in fiscal 2023 and 2024.

In this week's column, Dennis Marek writes that sorting through words to find truth can be a daunting task.

A data-driven breakdown of the five most damaging tax myths in American politics – from billionaire taxes to corporate rates – and what the actual numbers show.

Longtime Ogle County sports columnist Andy Colbert talks preparing to run the Boston Marathon on April 20, along with local sports happenings.

A vice president having to go along with an action he himself would never have initiated highlights Vance’s fundamental problem as he hopes to succeed Trump as president.

These church leaders seem to be engaging in a kind of immoral equivalency. Do they not know that the Islamic regime hates Christians and Jews and believes their deity demands they be killed?

When ethics laws don’t explicitly ban certain conduct, the result is that the powerful are invited to dance in the gray areas until jurists ultimately define the actual rules.

Current law empowers the board to expel implicated students for up to two calendar years. Under SB 2991, the mandatory minimum would be one year.