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Do you know which township you live in? Many people don’t. But Illinois has 1,426 of them, so it’s worth paying attention to what they do. Bob Anderson is. The former McHenry Township ...

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Many Chicago-area residents will have an opportunity to cast ballots in a series of municipal elections this April, which ...

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A city charter would put much-needed guardrails on the Chicago government. Here’s what needs to happen to get one.

The University of Missouri-Columbia, popularly known as Mizzou, is about a 2-hour drive from the St. Louis area. Mizzou was ...

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Rising property taxes are driving American retirees out of the country's most expensive states and straight into the cheapest ...

Illinois has 23 national champions in its history since 1929, but none since Isaiah Martinez completed back-to-back national ...

Severe weather threatens the mid-Mississippi Valley and Southeast this weekend, with possible hail, and isolated tornadoes.