Release tax returns
One by one, Democratic presidential hopefuls are releasing their tax returns. Years of them. Longtime holdout Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., re…
Lives depend on passage of road infrastructure bill
By now, the problems are well-documented: More Illinois roads and bridges are falling into disrepair, and the state’s financial straits have…
It could take months for Democratic field to settle
WASHINGTON – A caravan of Democratic presidential wannabes is lining up this spring in the belief that they can beat Donald Trump in the 202…
Barry Schrader: Richard Powers makes DeKalb proud
DeKalb’s Richard Powers has just received the rare recognition for a novelist – the Pulitzer Prize for the best fiction novel of the year.
Gov. Pritzker was right to sign ‘Tobacco 21’
When you look at the issue logically, the arguments against Illinois raising the minimum age to buy tobacco to 21 go up in smoke. The bill s…
Matt O'Brien: If Republicans can't stomach Cain, how can they tolerate Moore?
In the end, it doesn’t look like President Donald Trump is going to get the partisan cheerleader he wanted on the Federal Reserve. The one, …
Scott Reader: Walking in Joel Kirkpatrick's footsteps for 30 years
SPRINGFIELD – Over the past 30 years, I’ve met plenty of characters in newsrooms, but by far my favorite was a reporter by the name of Joel …
Missouri addressing anti-vaxxers in wrong way
Some long-gone diseases are back, and the resurgence of measles in particular now poses a serious public health threat across the country.
Pritzker shouldn’t use tax money to sell referendum
If a school district – or any local government, for that matter – overtly promoted a bond issue that required voter approval, it would be dr…
World weeps for Notre Dame and architecture lost in fire
The soul of a city resides in its structures as well as in its history and people, so it is no overstatement to say that what Paris was losi…
