LBJ’s example offers a way forward. Through moral framing, personal persuasion, and pragmatic compromise, Johnson transformed ...

As Illinois mourns the weekend passing of the rarest of politicians — bipartisan former Gov. Jim Edgar — Editor Jeff ...

While the Voting Rights Act was undoubtedly a singular achievement, it represented the culmination of a long struggle.

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Vincent Oakes and Sawyer Kennedy join News 12’s Amelia Greer as the Chattanooga Boys Choir gets ready to host a special community event next Tuesday, Sept. 9. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Sing your ...

The Zurich Film Festival will fete Dakota Johnson with its Golden Eye award for career achievement. Johnson will accept the award live on opening night and present her 2025 feature Splitsville. In ...

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — In casual conversations with Democrats in August from across the Midwest, I found that their biggest frustration with the national party is that its platform didn’t appeal to ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would deploy National Guard troops to fight crime in Chicago, an extraordinary effort to militarize the country's third-largest ...

BELOIT — Even casual observers can see the progress of the $500 million Ho-Chunk casino being built at the corner of Willowbrook and Colley roads. The site was still just a grassy field in November.

JANESVILLE — After months of preparation, and anticipation, Santa Maria Supermarket opened on Sunday, bringing fresh produce, authentic Latino flavors and a family-run energy to Janesville’s southside ...

Americans have been told for decades we’re in desperate need of an underclass to handle the work we don’t want to do ourselves. We were convinced the development of an American caste system, with the ...