Contrary to popular belief, “change” – at least as U.S. President Barack Obama meant it – has not come, nor will it ever, nor should it, because the change we need is not the kind he is capable of providing.

Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.

Apple Inc. and other members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce quit over its opposition to climate-change legislation. President Barack Obama denounced the group for "spending millions" to kill a planned consumer agency. Chief Tom Donohue merely used the fights to raise funds.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emergency help for out-of-work Americans will be a huge windfall to Realtors, homebuilders, mortgage bankers and others, and that’s no accident.

At the "tea party" rally in Milwaukee last Sept. 19, Scott Walker tossed the crowd a chunk of red meat. "Some people put their faith in the government," thundered the Milwaukee County executive and Republican candidate for governor, drawing a predictable chorus of boos and setting up his next line. "But we put our faith in the people and the employers who make this country great."

It's not just spending on U.S. healthcare that is breaking records. Drugmakers, insurers and industry groups are on track to spend an all-time high of more than $500 million this year to influence Congress' revamp of the healthcare system.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr., D-Mass., is a rich man.

It's not just spending on U.S. healthcare that's hitting record levels. Drugmakers, insurers and industry groups are on track to spend an all-time high of more than $500 million this year to influence Congress' revamp of the U.S. healthcare system.

Chatfield Architects, residents tour Potter Auditorium, school The Chatfield Heritage Preservation Commission hopes to raise $9 million to renovate and save Potter Auditorium and the old elementary school and another $5 million to create an endowment to m

It appears Lake County's two congressional representatives are fairing as well as the rest of us in this down economy.The income of U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk , R-Highland Park, has remained static, while that of U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean , D-Barrington, dropped, according to a study by the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group.Bean's 2008 net worth was somewhere between ...