Editorials

In 1998, Jesse White was elected to lead an Illinois Secretary of State’s Office that was mired in scandal. 

The beginning of the school year is always such an exciting time. New teachers, new classes … it’s a fresh start. And like most parents out …

Once again, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of commuting the federal prison sentence of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and once ag…

Less than a week after a gunman massacred 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, the national government there began impleme…

Illinois' roads need repair and improvement – and that requires investment.The public's investment b…

By any objective measure, this session of the state legislature was a tour de force for new Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. 

The pitch for a graduated income tax sounds a lot like Illinois politics as usual. Supporters of the…

The May 31 deadline for Illinois’ General Assembly to pass a budget with a simple majority vote is approaching, and according to their custo…

Another tragedy has befallen our communities at the point of a gun, this one claiming the lives of five innocent people working at the Henry…

On March 12, 1988, George H.W. Bush made a campaign stop at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, stumping for votes in a gymnasium packed…