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Chuck Sweeny: Illinois needs up to $15 billion for transportation over 10 years
The state's roads and bridges need repairs, but we don't have the money to pay for them → Read More
Black Hawk, proud leader of the Sac and Fox tribe of the Rock River Valley
Illinois bicentennial story: Black Hawk native american, indian leader is remembered through history of Black Hawk war and biography. → Read More
Illinois 200: State's aviation tech found on jets around the world
It's been estimated that every commercial jet in the air today, apart from those made in Russia, has Illinois-made parts and systems on it. Here's how that industry grew in Illinois. → Read More
Bicentennial: Illinois a leader in aerospace and aviation technology
ROCKFORD — Many Illinoisans don’t realize it, but our state is a center of aerospace and aviation technology. → Read More
Bicentennial: Illinois a leader in aerospace and aviation technology
Editor’s note: The weekly Illinois Bicentennial series is sponsored by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors and Illinois Press Association. More than 20 newspapers are creating stories about the state’s → Read More
ILLINOIS BICENTENNIAL: Illinois a leader in aerospace and aviation technology
EDITOR'S NOTE: The weekly Illinois Bicentennial series is sponsored by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors and Illinois Press Association. More than 20 newspapers are creating stories about the state’s → Read More
The Great Migration: 'When we got to Illinois, we could sit anywhere we liked'
The Great Migration began about a hundred years ago and brought half a million black Americans from the states of the old Confederacy to Illinois. Boarding a train in Mississippi, "We had to sit in the black section," remembers Victory Bell of Rockford. "When we got to Illinois, the conductor said we could sit anywhere we liked on the train." → Read More
Chuck Sweeny: Amerock hotel deal 'extraordinarily reasonable,' says Doug Logan
Former MetroCentre manager says Larry Morrissey's hotel deal is in line with what other cities are doing; says programming is key to its success. → Read More
Chuck Sweeny: Save those box tops and labels — for schools
What if all consumers saved their box tops and labels from the groceries they buy so they could earn computers, vans and other equipment for our schools? → Read More
Chuck Sweeny: Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey joins Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to urge passage of stopgap budget
Rockford's mayor joined the governor today in Springfield to urge the General Assembly to pass a stopgap spending plan before Thursday to keep state services running until permananet budget can be passed. → Read More