"Prioritizing mental health in the workplace increases productivity, reduces turnover and creates healthy workplaces for all," writes Leonetta Rizzi, executive director of the McHenry County Mental Health Board.

Want to spread some positivity into the world? World Kindness Day is a good way to start. If you need some ideas about where to begin, you've come to the right place.

'On any given night in Illinois, an estimated 11,947 people are living in shelters and transitional housing programs, in parks and abandoned buildings, in cars and in barns'

They may not have been the prettiest ships in the fleet. However, Landing Ship Tanks performed invaluable service in World War II, particularly on D-Day.

"As we celebrate Veterans Day and honor those who have bravely served in our nation’s armed forces, my hope is that people will not just appreciate the holiday as a day off from work or a day of remembrance," state Sen. Craig Wilcox of McHenry writes.

While saluting service is appropriate and important, proper care is a permanent commitment backed by legislation, oversight and investment.

A little-known and rarely publicized provision in Illinois law, in place for over 44 years, allows most homestead exemptions from real estate taxes to apply to single-family dwellings occupied by tenants, provided that the tenant is responsible for paying the real estate tax.

Illinois isn’t facing a $3 billion deficit. With more than eight months remaining in the current fiscal year and pencils barely sharpened on the fiscal 2026 budget, there remains plenty of time for better data and more informed choices.

Did you need the extra hour of sleep that came with the clocks falling back to standard time? If you did, you weren't alone. For the Oliver family, that hour to sleep couldn't have come at a better time.

Send an email. Follow social media. Sign up for a newsletter. Get on a mailing list. Legislators are theoretically accountable to everyone but in reality much more so to people they know and hear from regularly.

It’s exactly 16 weeks until the consolidated primary election on Feb. 25.

As usual, plenty of false claims have been made during this state legislative election cycle.

Throughout American history, a surprising number of presidential races have been decisive, even lopsided.

If more people try to understand methods, trends and benchmarks that increases the possibilities for using the report as fuel for continued improvement.

Ranked choice allows a broadly acceptable compromise at the expense of more extreme and polarizing options.