Total consumer debt increased by seven percent from 2021-2022, rising from $15.31 trillion to $16.38 trillion. Auto loans, credit cards, mortgages and personal loans saw the largest increases on a percentage basis….

Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County is integral to the economic growth and development of southwestern Illinois and the St. Louis metro region. Scott AFB is the largest…

The United States and China have one of the world’s most important and complex bilateral relationships. Since 1949, the countries have experienced periods of both tension and cooperation over issues such…

The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association hosts a yearly contest called ‘Makers Madness,’ which involves a bracket-style tournament in which the public decides what product earns that year’s title of The Coolest…

BUDGET General Assembly budget watchdog reports on declining State income tax revenues.  The report summarized revenue trends observed by the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) in August 2023.  During this…

As we remember the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and American heroism in Flight 93 today, it’s also important to remember the lives lost at the American…

Today, we remember the horrific tragedy that happened 22 years ago this day at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and with the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. Below…

On September 11th, 2001, Kathy Dillaber and her sister Patty Mickley met in the center court of the Pentagon at their catch-up spot. They talked about the hijacked planes flown…

The founder of a public relations firm known as The Bingham Group, Mark Bingham left San Francisco to catch a flight to New York in August 2001. On September 10th,…

On September 11th, NYC Department of Sanitation supervisor Joseph D’Aleo was at an appointment near the World Trade Center when he saw Flight 11 hit the North Tower. He recognized…