As he dispatched former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, his new special
envoy for Middle East peace, to the region, President Obama gave his first
television interview on Monday t
Tough times call for tough decisions. That axiom has never been truer than it is
now for the Springfield City Council as it deliberates approval of a new city
budget. As chair of Mayor Tim Davlin&rs
Alderman Debbie Cimarossa, working in conjunction with the MacArthur Boulevard
Business Association (MBBA), last fall introduced an ordinance to the city
council that would have required payday lend
In the late 1800s it was known as the “Jewel of Springfield”! A hundred years later in 1997 it was officially classified as a “blighted community” qualified to establish its ow
There are at least two sides to every story. The Hunter Lake story has been
going on for over 40 years and the following is another side of it [See “Say no to Hunter Lake,” by Fletcher Fa
Suppose you’re feeling patriotic. Maybe you’d like to finally do something to help America reduce its addiction to foreign
oil. Perhaps you’ve thought about buying an extremely fuel
Today we hear that 1.55 million jobs in the U.S. were lost during the last six
months, and 3,000 jobs were lost within Sangamon County during the last five
years. People have been hit hard and incom
Faith Sanderson at the Regional Office of Education works with many families in
school districts throughout Sangamon County who are in crisis. We should listen
to Faith because she has many years of
Reeling from the terrible shock of the attacks on India’s commercial capital last week, the authorities of the world’s largest democracy may find it logical to follow in the footsteps of a
Senator Barack Obama ran a successful campaign about change, and in many ways his election to the presidency marks a revolution in American politics — but it also marks a return. The Fou