• EDITORIAL

    Whether two-wheeled, three- or four-wheeled, why do people buy their own vehicles in the National Capital Region?

  • Moody's upgrades Illinois’ credit outlook

    (The Center Square) – A financial transparency expert is downplaying news that Illinois has received another credit adjustment from a credit reporting agency. Moody’s Investors Service revised the Illinois’ outlook from “stable” to “positive,” citing continued improvement in fund balance and budget reserves. Moody's added that the positive outlook hinged on the possibility of continued growth in state revenue. "We’ve had nine consecutive credit upgrades and we...

  • Editorial: Lahaina report is chance to learn

    A report making a meticulous dissection of the timeline for the Lahaina fire disaster of Aug. 8 has been released by Hawaii’s attorney general, documenting the events of that tragic day and night. Developed from a comprehensive investigation by the Fire Safety Research Institute, it holds great value for Maui County and the entire state in detailing particulars of the fire’s spread, with its deadly consequences, and of the county’s haphazard response.

  • EDITORIAL: Biden's internet power grab

    The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week on “net neutrality” rules designed to give the feds even more leverage than they already do over online platforms.

  • Editorial: USC was wrong to silence its valedictorian

    Asna Tabassum has a GPA of at least 3.98, with a major in the challenging field of biomedical engineering, and a record sterling enough to be picked as USC’s valedictorian from about 100 qualified candidates. For that accomplishment, this is her “reward”: having the traditional valedictory speech canceled at the May 10 commencement over concerns about maintaining "security and safety." Tabassum, who is Muslim, has voiced pro-Palestinian sentiments and has liked and linked to sites on social...

  • Editorial cartoon: April 16, 2024

    "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart

    • WICS

    Severe Storms Could Impact Central Illinois

    Potent storms may be targeting central Illinois on Tuesday with periods of

  • EDITORIAL: The District's education success story

    Every now and then, the District gets something right.

  • Cicadas could make an early emergence in Central Illinois

    URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The cicada countdown continues, and an expert with the Urbana Park District said they could come sooner than expected. Billions of them are set to emerge in a rare sight

  • Editorial: Only dictators have immunity from criminal acts while in power

    It seems unlikely that the Supreme Court will embrace Donald Trump’s outrageous claim that as a former president he enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions that he allegedly took to overturn the 2020 election and cling to power. This is a relief. To do otherwise would allow the office to become, as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson put it, "the seat of criminal activity in this country." Ominously, however, some conservative justices during Thursday’s oral argument expressed...

  • EDITORIAL: Trump seeks Supreme Court lifeline

    “No one is above the law” has become the favorite slogan on the left.

  • Recent Fallout Titles Boost in Player Count

    Several Fallout game titles have seen an increase in player count on Steam since the debut of the Prime Video series Fallout this month.