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Gradually, the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is growing into its name. About 2,000 acres of the 19,000-acre complex has been restored to tallgrass…

After the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island disasters, public support for nuclear power dropped precipitously. But in recent years, increased demand for…

I generally try to follow this well-known admonition of my era: Think globally, act locally.However, I also must agree with another famous slogan — more…

Does the Illinois Constitution mandate that the state budget be balanced each year?One’s initial inclination is to respond, “Yes, of course, it says so in…

Good news about graduation rates, and more about Obama's plan for making community college free.

As many as 60,000 people are expected to attend the rally, in what could be one of the biggest protests in the eastern German city since pro-democracy marches a quarter-century ago.

All public school students would be expected to learn the same concepts and skills in math and English under a proposed set of national academic…

Gov. Pat Quinn and state Sen. Bill Brady have made it clear that they see job creation as the No. 1 issue in their race for the governor’s office. In a…

The fiscal fiasco otherwise known as state budget-making has a lot of Illinoisans searching for descriptive terms harsh enough to fully express their…

The interim president of the University of Illinois was asked by the Board of Trustees to fill the vacancy left by the September resignation of B.?Joseph…