IR Readers Favorites for Third Week of July 2016

By Illinois ReviewIllinois politics has a way of rewarding selective memory, and this past week delivered a near-perfect example.Republican State Rep. Joe Sosnowski, Rockford – who voted for...

By James P. Economos, DDS, Opinion ContributorIllinois has earned a national reputation for making questionable policy decisions. Too often, our state is cited as an example of what...

By Amanda Szulc, Opinion ContributorChicagoans were promised that criminal-justice reform would make the system fairer without sacrificing safety. Instead, too many residents are discovering what happens when ideology...

By Illinois ReviewFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich returned to the national spotlight Tuesday night with a fiery appearance on The Ingraham Angle, delivering blistering criticism of Illinois Democrats...

By Mark Weyermuller, ContributorThis is the 27th year the United States Coast Guard has delivered Christmas trees to Chicago for the needy. On Saturday, December 6, 2028, Homeland...