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Far from home

Illinois sends students with special needs out of state, at high cost to troubled teens.

by Dusty Rhodes

Jan 16, 2020

Ted likes to say he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was 17, doing well at a college prep boarding school in Indiana, when a classmate went on a violent rampage while high on a combination of potent drugs...

Keagan Autry on his time at Alpine Academy: “I didn't even feel safe in my own thoughts.”

Upon Further Review

Mad hatters

Stovepipe apologists should get real

By Bruce Rushton
Jan 16, 2020
Rich Miller

Email threatens to bring down Madigan

By Rich Miller
Jan 16, 2020
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor: 01-16-20

By Letters to the Editor
Jan 16, 2020
News

Criminal justice reforms top Pritzker's 2020 agenda

State news roundup: Illinois economy lags, crop production down, sexting education, transgender therapy

By Capitol News Illinois
Jan 16, 2020
Opinion

Don't tear down downtown

An open letter from concerned nonprofits

Jan 16, 2020
Cap City

GREEN ACRES

By Cap City
Jan 9, 2020
Cap City

BABY TALK

By Cap City
Jan 9, 2020
Upon Further Review

Strawberry fields forever, but no monkey balls

Legal pot comes to Springfield

By Bruce Rushton
Jan 9, 2020
Editor's Note

Editor's note 01-09-20

By Fletcher Farrar
Jan 9, 2020
Opinion

Fun with the Illini at the RedBox Bowl

By Nathan Ackerman
Jan 9, 2020
News

First lady in the loop on redevelopment push

"You don't have to kill everything"

By Bruce Rushton
Jan 9, 2020
News

Gov. Pritzker's first year

By Capitol News Illinois
Jan 9, 2020
News

Prosecutor quits under fire

Refused DUI test, audio gaps in police video

By Bruce Rushton
Jan 6, 2020
Upon Further Review

Free William Dean

He's rich, but doomed

By Bruce Rushton
Jan 2, 2020
Editor's Note

Editor's note 01-02-20

Jan 2, 2020
Opinion

Why trust matters

By Lee H. Hamilton
Jan 2, 2020
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor 01-02-20

Jan 2, 2020
News

Putting puzzles together

Funds allocated for homeless coordinator

By Bruce Rushton
Jan 2, 2020
News

Medical pot growers just got bigger

All now approved for recreational marijuana

By Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois
Jan 2, 2020
News

Blockbuster verdict in prisoner lawsuit

Federal jury in Springfield awards $11 million

By Bruce Rushton
Dec 19, 2019