California got a below-average No. 30 ranking among the states when my trusty spreadsheet looked at eight yardsticks of ...

Illinois hosts Michigan State on Saturday. The Illini lost to No. 1 Oregon and Minnesota in its last two games, knocking them ...

More than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits ...

Check out the electoral map. It is a pretty simple exercise to see that some large swaths of the country did not succumb to ...

More than 200 years later, the story of the Lewis & Clark Expedition is still fascinating, and one of the best places to learn about their journey is in the heart of where it all started. Lewis & ...

Champaign County Democrats drove the final nail into the Republicans’ coffin in the Nov. 5 election. Capturing the longtime GOP-controlled coroner’s office by a wide margin, they now hold all ...