The legislature should move immediately to impeach current Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
His reign of terror must come to an end. The state is $4 billion behind in paying its bills while its governor has allegedly used his time to further his own financial interest at the expense of the citizens of the state.

Naysayers to a call for an Illinois constitutional convention receive a well reasoned argument for a constitutional convention.

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and thecapitolfaxblog.com. Here he gives a countdown of the top 10 reasons he won't move to Washington DC.

Frank Mullen bids farewell as a columnist for The Times Record after producing a column a week for the past 14 months.

Party unity at Democratic convention gets physical.

Voters will be faced with a consolidation question in the Westmer and Aledo school districts this coming November. Here is one former teacher's view.