We are currently facing three inter-related existential crises: -Climate change causing droughts, storms, floods, killer heatwaves, wildfires and rapidly approaching...

You may or may not be aware that I’ve been in the hospital or home recuperating for the better part of the past four months from a medical emergency of sorts. I started...

Dear Editor and To Whom It May Concern, We are writing in response to the recent article published in the Breese Journal that highlights concerns about teachers lacking...

Editor’s Note: This op-ed was distributed by Capitol News Illinois on behalf of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. The opinions expressed in this article are the...

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, the Community News & Small Business Support Act, that has...

Dear Savvy Senior, Are there any services that you recommend that can help families resolve elder-parent caregiving conflicts? My 86-year-old father was recently...

Tax day is around the corner, but lawmakers are raising the alarm that the IRS may not be ready to process the litany of new rules and regulations implemented by the Biden...

Roger J. Henrichs, 79, of St. Rose, died Friday, March 31, 2023 at his home. He was born August 19, 1943 in Breese, a son of the late Frank and Anna, nee Kruep,...

The relationship between the United States and China is the most consequential bilateral relationship in the world, and it is growing increasingly contentious. It will take...

It was a bright, busy Sunday afternoon in a restaurant, and the woman bussing our dishes beamed. I’d just complimented her lovely pink nail polish. “It’s hard in this job,”...

Outdoor living spaces were prioritized during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when public gatherings were greatly limited and individuals...

We Americans live in a representative democracy. That’s a fundamental feature of public life in the United States, a part of who we are as a people. We elect leaders to...

It is true that when I walked away from the manager trainee program at Otasco, I did so for love, but it wasn’t as noble and heart-rending as all that. It’s not as if I was...

Headlines about teacher shortages abound as schools recover from the pandemic. The challenges teachers faced during the pandemic significantly increased, and many...

No matter what report you read, the teacher shortage has gone from what we at the Association of Illinois Rural and Small Schools (AIRSS) were discussing in 2015 to the...