Clocks fall back today, and once again my body didn't get the memo. Why the twice-a-year time change hurts sleep, raises heart attack and crash risks, and why Congress still can't pick a side.
Fall is the best time to get flu and COVID-19 vaccines. Your body needs about two weeks to build protection, so getting them now covers you before Thanksgiving, and before your sore arm meets a rake.
Illinois grows more pumpkins than any other state, with Morton known as the Pumpkin Capital of the World. Why Illinois leads the nation in pumpkins.
The federal tipped minimum wage is still $2.13 an hour. Why tipping hides the real price, exposes servers to harassment and discrimination, lets employers pay less, and why a predictable wage would be better for everyone.
Why a Nature Conservancy donor was happy to find two big Midwest preserves: Nachusa Grasslands in Illinois, with its bison herd, and the 20,000-acre Edge of Appalachia Preserve System in Ohio.
A tongue-in-cheek story about a small business SWOT analysis presentation that keeps getting interrupted by one example slide: a pile of free black dirt. Plus why free dirt grabs every Midwesterner's attention and what to check before you haul it home.
Illinois' Electric Vehicle Charging Act requires new homes and many apartment buildings to have EV-capable parking: panel capacity and conduit, but no outlet. What the law does, where it stops, and what adding a Level 2 charger to an existing garage looks like.
How Wisconsin became America's Dairyland: its cheesemaking history, signature varieties, and squeaky cheese curds, plus ways to taste it for yourself.
Marijuana smoke in parking lots, cigar smoke from the neighbors, and the smoking sections millennials grew up with. Why smoke-free laws were a gift, and why vaping is the next fight.
