The research has been going on for more than 10 years. Studies number in the hundreds. Millions of dollars have been spent. But government health officials still cannot decide whether the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, a component of some plastics, is safe. The substance lines most food and drink cans, and is used to make hard, clear plastic bottles, containers and countless other products ...

A construction crew lined the main road heading into Wilmington, Ohio, choking traffic and kicking up dust one August afternoon as workers rebuilt sidewalks in the late-summer heat.

ROCKFORD — The city is at war with itself over the mayor’s appointment of former Deputy City Administrator Julia Scott-Valdez to the position of human resources director with a 42 percent raise. HOW TO READ THE FULL STORY

The bond markets view Ohio as a safer bet than California or New York or other Midwestern states, such as Illinois and Michigan. ...

According to a Rockford Register Star Insight poll, 61 percent of the people who voted said a $34000 raise is too much. As of Saturday afternoon, ...

According to a Rockford Register Star Insight poll, 61 percent of the people who voted said a $34000 raise is too much. As of Saturday afternoon, ...

The bond markets view Ohio as a safer bet than California or New York or other Midwestern states, such as Illinois and Michigan. ...

To say the Illinois Education Association was not happy that Illinois was not among states that are being granted federal Race to the Top funding would be ...

As a voter in the Central Illinois area, I am constantly disappointed in the choice elections because my vote truly does not matter unless the results are ...

The Auburn High and University of Illinois-Chicago graduate has been at the Register Star since 1984. By Chuck Sweeny State Senate President John Cullerton, ...

In Illinois voter registration is available until one month before the election on Nov. 2. Registering is a simple process and if you are interested contact the Cole County Clerk and Recorder Sue Rennels. Claws ...

The six states (presuming Massachusetts included), which now award their electoral votes to the popular vote candidate are: Hawaii – 4 votes; Illinois – 21 votes; Maryland – 10 votes; Massachusetts – 12 votes ... The U. S. National Archives and Records Administration Federal Register web site has significant information about the current Electoral College, contacts by state, as well as interesting polls and prediction maps for the 2010 November elections. ...

Hare later admitted to the State Journal Register that they were incorrect in framing Mr. Lymenstull as a racist. Please click here to view a scanned copy of the flier and click here to read the state journal register article ... This guy has the about least amount of cash on hand of any incumbent in the Illinois congressional delegation (and it's a difficult market to buy TV in). 3. Hare votes with Pelosi 98.8% of the time. He voted for all the spending bills, ...

The Register-Mail - Congress declared in 1894 that the first Monday in September was to be an official Labor Day holiday. Evidence of Galesburg honoring the various local labor unions can be traced back to 1891. ... Many of the people of Galesburg vote for a ticket because their great-grandfather did.” Remembering Abe in Galesburg A future president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, arrived by train from Peoria at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 24, 1858. The seven-hour train ride on ...

As a Republican I can't in good conscience vote for Democrats who the Democrats don't want – specifically Mark Kirk and Judy Baar Topinka. And I will especially not vote for anyone who can't tell the truth – and Kirk and Topinka are two of the ... Bernie Schoenburg's article from The State Journal-Register is here, and Shira Toeplitz's story from POLITICO is here. What I think is really funny is how State GOP Chair Pat Brady keeps dribbling out the truth as more and more ...