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A view of the Illinois River Sunday from Allen Park in Ottawa.

Column: Rural counties vote to break from Illinois. Here’s what they should do instead.

November 16, 2022 at 3:14 p.m.

The growing movement by dozens of Downstate counties to break away from the rest of Illinois to form a new state shows how toxic politics has distorted our reality. I...

Hay bales display a profane message about Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Monday along Route 53 near Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Will County.

Column: Profane political messages excite base but backfire by motivating moderate voters

November 15, 2022 at 1:11 p.m.

A dozen large hay bales line a state highway in front of a farmstead in rural Will County a mile or so from Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Each bale bears...

An assembled Ford F-150 Lightning is charged at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, March 2, 2022.

Column: Planners seek sites along Interstate 80 to build charging stations for alternative fuel vehicles

November 10, 2022 at 1:15 p.m.

Planners gathered in Will County this week to discuss building a network of charging stations along Interstate 80 for vehicles powered by electricity and natural gas. Infrastructure will soon be...

President Donald Trump, right, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hold a COVID-19 and storm preparedness roundtable in Belleair, Florida, July 31, 2020.

Column: Republicans and Democrats battled to an even split. Can we call it a draw?

November 9, 2022 at 1:57 p.m.

Conservatives who want to blame Donald Trump for Republican failure to produce a red wave in Tuesday's midterm elections face a tantalizing dilemma. What to do about the former president?...

Filmmaker Kevin Mukherji, left, and emcee Nick Pullia listen to an audience member's question Saturday at Lake Theatre in Oak Park following the premiere of "Tail Dragger," a biographical film Mukherji made about blues artist James Yancy Jones.

Column: ‘Tail Dragger’ film recalls Chicago’s heyday as a blues capital of the world

November 8, 2022 at 1:11 p.m.

Filmmaker Kevin Mukherji's new documentary "Tail Dragger" tells the story of an 82-year-old blues singer who was a protégé of Howlin' Wolf and whose career recalls the heyday of blues...

Election official Simona Ip waits as voters casts their votes Oct. 7 during the first day of early voting for the 2022 General Election, at the Chicago Board of Elections Supersite.

Column: GOP turns local elections into contests, but how many are competitive? We’ll find out Tuesday.

November 4, 2022 at 2:55 p.m.

Voters in the south and southwest suburbs will decide numerous federal, state and county political contests during Tuesday's midterm elections. Illinois Republicans this year have fielded more candidates for state...

State Sen. Michael Hastings, D-Frankfort, addresses a town hall audience in 2020 at the New Lenox Public Library.

Column: Claims of sexual or physical abuse no longer disqualify candidates for public office. Thank the GOP.

November 3, 2022 at 2:27 p.m.

It's a shame that lowlifes like Donald Trump, Herschel Walker and others have destroyed the political norm about whether a candidate's character should disqualify him from holding public office. The...

South Holland firefighter/paramedic Tom Farr greets Liz Monahan Wednesday at Tinley Park High School, where Monahan's daughter was honored for quick thinking that stopped a vehicle after Monahan had a medical emergency while driving.

Column: Tinley Park teen’s quick thinking saved lives when mom had seizure while driving, officials say

November 2, 2022 at 1:10 p.m.

School and fire department officials Wednesday saluted a heroic high school student whose quick thinking and calm actions during a highway emergency may have saved lives. Reaghan Monahan, 15, a...

Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States, speaks with members of the press following oral arguments outside the Supreme Court Oct. 4, 2022. Standing behind Milligan are Milligan's counsel Deuel Ross, from left, Letetia Jackson, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Janai Nelson, President and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Column: Black voters drive the right crazy by showing strength in numbers during elections

November 1, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.

South suburban Black voters can make several statements by turning out for next week's midterm elections. Blacks who vote show they care about protecting hard-won civil rights. Bad faith actors...

For some with an anxiety disorder, persistent feelings of fear, dread, or uneasiness about something in the future can be debilitating.

Column: Stressed out about midterm elections? You are not alone, experts say.

October 28, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

The upcoming midterms seem to be creating more anxiety than past elections. Maybe it's fatigue from nearly three years of a life-threatening pandemic. The ongoing threat of dying or becoming...

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