Judges didn’t legislate from the bench, per a common criticism, but observed repercussions and asked the General Assembly to revisit the drawing board.

About 6% of adults owe more than $1,000 and about 3 million people have medical debt exceeding $10,000.

“Beauty and the Beast Jr.” opens Friday at the Jerry Mathis Theater at Sauk Valley Community College.

The Democratic legislative leaders are still trying to figure out what their members want to do in the wake of Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and whether that can be done.

Successfully arguing to spend an extra $60 million seems to necessarily include showing how much more K-12 spending would need to increase if all the kids on the waiting list don’t start getting help until kindergarten.

The most famous shipwreck in Great Lakes history is the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975. Seventeen years before, another November storm also claimed a heralded freighter, with an even greater casualty total.

Making these types of choices comes with the responsibility of elected office.

Do you want to live a life of gratitude every day, not just one day a year?

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