The District 88 school board is asking voters in the district to vote next Tuesday on a pair of questions involving school taxes and funding for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program. This is an odd year election.There are no other state or local elections going on to draw voters ...

Since former Facebook employee Frances Haugen blew the whistle on practices at the social media giant earlier this month, news organizations have been combing throught the company emails and documents she has provided. The results, now beginning to be reported, show a picture of a company that ...

Guns have been a part of Hollywood moviemaking since cowboy star Tom Mix rode the silent movie screen. Last week, a tragic accident showed once again why live ammunition and even blanks should be banned in filmmaking. Actor and producer Alec Baldwin was filming a scene last Thursday in a film ...

CTE Center THUMBS UP: District 88 held open house this week in its new Career and Technical Education center, or CTE. District 88 has the makings of a first-rate CTE program, dedicated to helping introduce and train students toward careers in the skilled trades and business. The district got ...

With the 2020 Census finally in the books, state legislatures throughout the country face the task of redrawing congressional and legislative district boundaries to balance out the populations in each. This ensures that each citizen in each district will get equal representation — one person, ...

President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan is undergoing some contractions this week. The $3.5 trillion spending bill is down to about $2 trillion. Biden met with groups of Democratic senators on Tuesday, hoping to sell them on a reduced plan that will still carry some of his top ...