Xcel Energy-Colorado and three state agencies are asking regulators to keep a coal plant open a year beyond its planned ...

Dear Heloise: A cautionary thought to a neighbor across the river in Omaha, Nebraska, who had a suggestion on solar lights for emergency use. Be sure not to depend on bringing them in during a ...

June 29 thunderstorms accompanied by 60- to 80-mph winds have again knocked out power for tens of thousands of Springfield residents. As of late Sunday night, about 29,000 City Utilities customers ...

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine—Within a week of the first drone barrage, this city of 270,000 people was left with rolling blackouts. Trolley buses sputtered to a halt in the middle of the road. Theater stages ...

Illinois manufacturers are the backbone of our state’s economy—employing more than 600,000 workers, supporting local communities, and producing the goods that power America. But none of that is ...

Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection — residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good ...

Americans are paying more for electricity—and rates will keep rising. But after a period of pain, rates should level off as the benefits of a shift away from fossil fuels begin to be felt. It’s not ...

Constitution Day was this week, established by an act of Congress in 2004. It supplanted Citizenship Day which had been set for Sept. 19 but I can’t recall ever hearing about that growing up. Upon ...

Some older congressional Democrats are adamant that they do not want to seek retirement as the 2026 midterms loom, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday. Despite some activists pressuring ...

President Donald Trump has a tendency to make those who take him at his word look like clowns. As Trump teases — some reporting says “prepares” — to start sending federalized National Guard troops ...

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated our city. Floodwaters rose, lives were lost and families were scattered. Nearly every public school building was damaged or destroyed. But in the face of ...

Rooftop solar panels were installed at a home in Hawaii Kai on July 11. Solar-industry experts are sounding an alarm about federal tax credits vanishing at year’s end, as well as a clogged city ...