News | Wednesday, November 7,2007

Nature’s medicine?

Illinois may debate medical marijuana again next year

Untitled Document Grafton resident Jamie Clayton participated in a study from 2003 to 2005 with 50 others suffering from peripheral neuropathy, a painful nerve disorder that ofte

News | Wednesday, November 7,2007

A push for Obama

Illinoisans travel to Iowa for Barack

By R. L. Nave

Untitled Document Seeing Marc Miller hover over a stack of papers scribbling energetically, you might think he’s doing his taxes or cramming for a midterm that starts in 10

News | Wednesday, October 31,2007

A new battle

Should HIV/AIDS be part of the national health-care debate?

By R. L. Nave

Untitled Document When someone stole a month’s supply of medicine from 23-year-old AIDS activist Hydeia Broadbent and her insurance company refused to replace the drugs, sh

News | Wednesday, October 31,2007

Paper tiger

Illinois’ economy is big and bad — and not in a good way

By R. L. Nave

Untitled Document The state of the state is surprisingly weak, according to a comparative analysis of Illinois’ economy published by the Commission on Government Forecastin

News | Wednesday, October 31,2007

Back to square one

Pittman questions health-department decision

By R. L. Nave

Untitled Document After plans to construct a county health-facilities building met several roadblocks, Springfield developer Mike Pittman, who initially entered a bid to develop

News | Wednesday, October 24,2007

The gasoline guessing game

Why do prices in Springfield differ so much?

By R. L. Nave

Untitled Document Traffic spilled onto Sangamon Avenue and Peoria Road last week as two dozen noontime commuters crammed onto the lot of the Thornton’s Oil store, hurrying

News | Wednesday, October 24,2007

Fostering hope

State considers expanding scholarship help

By R. L. Nave

Untitled Document The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has until the end of November to answer questions about changes the agency wants to make to its scholars

News | Wednesday, October 17,2007

Deal or no deal

Parent company of SJ-R holds contest to boost profits

By R. L. Nave

Untitled Document Two days before the State Journal-Register offered optional severance packages to 149 nonunion full-time workers, the newspaper’s parent company, Gat

News | Wednesday, October 17,2007

Does not compute

Illinois may be hurting, but wait till the bill for Iraq comes due

By R. L. Nave

Untitled Document The state of Illinois is teetering on the brink of financial calamity. In excess of $40 billion by most estimates, Illinois has the largest unfunded pen

News | Wednesday, October 10,2007

Lighting a fire

Blagojevich signs revised Darfur divestiture law

By R. L. Nave

Untitled Document When refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan leave the camps to collect firewood, the men are killed by Janjaweed militias — so they send the women, who ar