The League of Women Voters stands up for the rights and voices of all and has a  long-standing policy to, “Support equal rights for all under state and federal law […] ...

Rockford Ald. Aprel Prunty, D-6, faces a re-election challenge from U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Lawrence Steward in Feb. 25 primary.

Patty Lewis’s well-researched and forceful letter in the Independent of last week explains the grave dangers posed by a policy of wide-scale deportation. Many undocumented residents, without whom our ...

I am a retired minister in the United Church of Christ, called to be pastor, priest and prophet. Throughout my 39- plus years of active ministry, I knew my roles: as pastor I was a listener, a ...

Approximately 30 people gathered outside of the Administration Building to protest for Stony Brook University to protect ...