Under the “Karina’s Bill” proposal, judges who grant emergency protective orders also would issue search warrants allowing police to seize guns and could require that process to be completed within 96 hours.

This morning, when I woke up to fog outside my window, I felt a familiar sense of intrigue deep inside of me.

A flash of reddish fur caught my eye. A squirrel.

Over the first five years, the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit can attract new private investment to build 5,745 new affordable houses in communities across the state, allowing us to draw down unused federal tax credits, create high-quality jobs, and generate new tax base.

What is the value of labor? That question informs the debate over House Bill 793, a plan to phase out the subminimum wage for “14C Workshops,” the classification for job centers serving people with developmental disabilities.

When I read the article in The Times about Johnny Durango and his film debut in the area, I knew I wanted to see it at the Roxy in Ottawa. I called my friend, Cookie and asked her to go with me.

This isn’t the first time lawmakers have tasked a state agency with an important function only to find it apparently unmanageable.

Having read all of historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s splendid books on American history, I purchased upon publication last week her latest book, “An Unfinished Love Story” and read it.

A coalition of community-based organizations – Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCAs, etc. – rallied at the Statehouse Tuesday to ask lawmakers to appropriate $50 million for afterschool and summer programs.