Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Secretary of State Jesse White are both backing a legislation aimed at preventing vehicles that hold disabled parking placards and license plates in Illinois from cheating the metered parking system. more ›

The Amish generally believe posing for photographs is an "unacceptable act of pride." more ›

Why put stupid things on your license plate like promoting autism awareness or declaring your love for the Cubs when you can shill for a corporation instead? more ›

We all know Illinois taxes are going up, but very little is paid attention to the exorbitant fees we're paying too. In fiscal year 2009 there were 1,394 fees imposed collecting $7.069 billion. These fees range from vehicle registration to fishing licenses. Oddly enough, fee imposition and collection is slightly down from years past. more ›

Funny article in the Sun-Times today about the lengths some people will go to to get objectionable personalized license plates and the staff at Jesse White's Secretary of State's office charged with making sure nothing off-color gets past them. more ›

Sales of personalized Cubs license plates began this afternoon through the Illinois Secretary of State's office. This is right on the heels of the office's successful Blackhawks license plate sale and department officials anticipate larger sales, given the Cubs' larger fan base. more ›

No, we're not talking about these plates again. Now that Blago is out of the way, the Illinois House can get back to the important business of the state like creating new specialty license plates. The plate, approved by the House yesterday, would be added to the growing number of specialty designs and feature the words "In God We Trust." more ›