State

By now, you've probably tried a handful of different wine slushies around the Stateline. What about these new flavors from DC Estate Winery in South Beloit?

Out of all the words to get wrong, this one is pretty bad. I am one of the worst spellers I know. I can fully admit that. My spell check on my phone even struggles to help me at this point because I consistently spell the same words wrong...

A lot of states don't have an official food, Illinois and Wisconsin each have several state foods. The midwest is really showing off on this list of official state foods put out recently. Well, at least Illinois and Wisconsin are. You might know that Illinois' state bird is the Cardinal, or that Wisconsins state flower is the Common Blue Violet...

For anyone who's ever thought that the State of Illinois would be better off without the Windy City--Illinois State Representative Brad Halbrook of Shelbyville agrees with you.

Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs has around $2 billion in unclaimed property. Some of that money might be yours--but you have to check.

Here in Illinois, we grow more pumpkins than we do popcorn, but popcorn is our state's "official snack," so take that, you big orange gourds.

I don't know which of these two things would be less fun--going to Wrigley Field last night to see the Cubs lose game 3 of the NLCS to the Dodgers, or releasing your tax returns for the world to see and/or judge. Yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner did both.

Just when you thought it was safe to take a little break from thinking about taxes, we get a new report that details what we're spending on gas taxes. Looking it over, it seems that every day is tax day.

Yesterday in this space, I asked when was the last time that you shopped downtown Rockford. As luck would have it, you've got a golden opportunity tonight (Thursday).