Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

A new school speed zone could be coming to one of Rockford's busiest roads. Here is why a city committee opposes it.

Area residents protest outside U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood's Rockford office, opposing the empowerment of billionaire Elon Must to ...

A Rock County man will not see the outside of a prison cell until he is at least 73 for the murder of a woman pregnant with ...

The nonpartisan arm of the Education Department supports research and shares data on student progress. It identifies what ...

One of the nation’s largest schools, the University of Minnesota offers baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in virtually every field—from medicine to business, law to liberal arts ...