Earlier this year, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill that would make it easier for college students to remain covered by their parents’ medical insurance policies if the kids are enrolled part-time or have to drop out because of…

Illinois state government runs on the buy-now/pay-later plan, and it’s been that way for decades. If a new public works program called “Illinois Works” is approved by the General Assembly, the state will buy $34 billion worth of infrastructure projects…

The federal bribery conviction of Antoin “Tony” Rezko on Wednesday left a single question on the minds of Illinois politicians: Who’s next?
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald appears to be climbing the investigative ladder, nailing defendants one by one, then offering…

Metro East businesses and homeowners have been living on borrowed time.
Five levees along the Mississippi River from Alton to Columbia, Ill., are inadequate to protect low-lying communities from what’s called a 100-year flood. They have been deficient for years.…

Medicaid is like a parachute for thousands of Missouri and Illinois families: Most of the time, they don’t need it. But when the economy slows down, nothing else will take its place.

It plays the same role for economically hard…

Here’s an advance look at one of the editorials that will appear in Wednesday’s Post-Dispatch and online at STLtoday.com/news/editorials.

NO GREAT ALTERNATIVES

As they bounce over the potholes and stew in the traffic backups, Illinoisans feel the need for a…