In the Civil War, most soldiers were white. But some 190,000 Blacks served as well, and the facts behind their stories – and struggles – are sometimes overlooked. 

Mike Madigan knew for a very long time that the U.S. Attorney’s office and the FBI badly wanted to put his head on a spike.

Abraham Lincoln was a man of many achievements. He’s also the only president to hold a patent.

The latest report from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget projected Illinois is facing a $3.2 billion deficit in fiscal 2026.

She was called “Brave Bessie” or “Queen Bess.” Decades after her death, aviators still remembered her name.

To many Statehouse types, some of last week’s news out of Washington, D.C., felt eerily familiar.

It was televised by two networks and was not even close to a sellout, despite ticket prices as low as $6. It was thrown together in 26 days. And it had an unwieldy name. 

Improved mental health services and daycare are among the priorities for police officers

The Illinois legislature’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability recently released an eye-popping actuarial analysis of a union-backed pension reform plan.