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It appears the city of Joliet now is flirting with efforts to bring the controversial NorthPoint warehouse development into the city.

Neringa Venckiene could be extradited to Lithuania any day now, without her case for asylum being heard.

If there was simmering mistrust between Joliet police and City Hall before, the false allegations made by Mayor Bob O’Dekirk against a polic…

In 1998, Jesse White was elected to lead an Illinois Secretary of State’s Office that was mired in scandal. 

Once again, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of commuting the federal prison sentence of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and once ag…

The headlines were alarming – a study showing that three-quarters of Illinois students aren’t ready for kindergarten when they get there.

Working for the city of Joliet is a lot like playing “Wheel of Fortune”: Sometimes, you can earn a huge amount of cash by simply spinning yo…

It’s going to be a busy summer for Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the City Council if they hope to build a firewall against the influence of organ…

Illinois’ roads need repair and improvement – and that requires investment.The public’s investment b…

A plan to add a tax incentive to lure huge computing facilities known as data centers to Illinois could be a big win for the state.