"Christmas is not running to and fro buying presents for people who don’t need them," Cynthia Barber of Algonquin writes in a letter to the editor.

It’s impossible to ignore the dichotomy of one school celebrating the infusion of federal cash while another demonstrates the possible peril if such funding streams are throttled.

"November was National Family Caregivers Month, a time to honor the 63 million Americans and 2.2 million Illinois residents providing ongoing, complex care every day," Illinois Family Caregiver Coalition Executive Director Amy Brennan writes in a letter to the editor.

The overwhelming majority of proposals involve framing maternal mortality as a public health issue and therefore wielding governmental resources in response.

The leaves on the Oliver family's maple trees play a game with them every year as fall turns to winter. Who will win? The answer to that is a reminder of how little control we all have over certain things in life.

When wading into the murky waters of how Illinois funds essential operations, it’s common to be only ankle deep before wondering if the confusion is intentional.

From Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, the “holiday blues” can occur, but there are many local resources available, right in your pockets with the MCHELP app.

How do you cope when life seems to be handing you nothing but trouble? Well, one important way is by cultivating gratitude. Find out how.

There’s room for a healthy debate about political considerations at play in the policy shift, but whether someone endorses or rejects underlying motives, the situation illustrates the perils of delivering state services with federal money.