National Apprenticeship Week celebrates its 10th anniversary from Nov. 17-23.

There are three quick takeaways from a recently released report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute on the “State of the Unions” in Illinois.

"Any suburban legislator that votes to consolidate the transit boards ... will be voting against the interest of the residents that they have been elected to represent," write McHenry County Board Chairman Michael Buehler and county council of governments President Rick Mack.

The last week has brought the usual summer heat to Illinois. Fortunately, it’s not as brutal as the summer of 1936.

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs explains what his office does and doesn't do.

Since the dawn of time, it seems, parents and grandparents have been regularly socking away spare money for their grandchildren to help with the cost of a college education.

State Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel will hold office hours at the Plainfield Area Public Library on Tuesday, Feb. 20.

Opinion: Education, underfunded pensions, public safety – the list is virtually endless. But when the Legislature and the governor enact a budget, they have to make the numbers balance.

Here is the original transcript of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.