A partial plan to help the NFL franchise move to Arlington Heights moved out of a House committee Thursday. But its legislative prospects are in question after City Hall withheld support and kept ...

Hands off hedgehogs, say experts as prickly critters return from hibernation - Expert urges the public to leave hedgehogs be ...

Brilliant people are always coming up with ideas. They likely have paper and journals piled up around their house. They want ...

Doses of warm weather in February kick your mindset into what can often be a favorite, but busy, season — spring cleaning. It’s the time to clear some stress by getting unneeded stuff out of your ...

The Furniture Bank of Metro Detroit is in urgent need of donations. The bank says over 120 families in the area are waiting ...

You may think donating old items helps give back, but they might be more of a burden than a benefit to the thrift store.

A reseller who buys items from charity shops and resells them on sites like Vinted and eBay has urged people to always pick up two items because they're almost guaranteed to make a profit ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was found guilty of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud and sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison. What additional specific ethics reforms need to be enacted in ...

NTSB chair slams House aviation bill as 'watered-down' after 67 deaths near Washington - The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it’s misleading for members of the House to ...

Jon Buchwald, Kevin Burge and TJ Ware are running in the Democratic primary on March 3 to face U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne.

The full House on Tuesday advanced a bill, which passed out of Marcotte’s committee last week, that would require genetic testing companies to get “a consumer’s express consent” each time their ...

No, not that purge, but the one where you go through your entire house to better organize and/or get rid of stuff, some of which you’ve even forgotten you had.