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Durbin Files Second Amicus Brief In Support Of Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary...

Attorney General Raoul Co-leads Coalition Of Attorneys General In Support Of Law Firm Targeted By Trump Executive Order

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing...

Duckworth, Durbin, Colleagues Condemn Trump and DOGE for Gutting AmeriCorps

– U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chris Coons (D-DE), along...

Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Defending Funding For K-12 Schools

CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general...

Pritzker Statement On Trump Administration Arrest Of Sitting Judge

CHICAGO - Today, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement regarding the arrest o...

Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) Adopts Proposed New Rules including a Prohibition on Using Credit Cards for Sports Wagering, Other Regulatory Measures

CHICAGO — The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) adopted proposed new rules at its April 24, 2025,...

Gov. Pritzker Cuts Ribbon on New Green Era Campus in Chicago

CHICAGO- Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined local officials, representatives from Argonne National...

Kumar Accepts 2025 Humanitarian of Year Award For Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach

SPRINGFIELD – Ratish Kumar, a biomedical engineer at Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach, accepted...

Attorney General Raoul Urges Student Borrowers To Get Out Of Default And Be Wary Of Scammers

SPRINGFIELD — As the U.S. Department of Education announced it will resume collections of defaulte...

Illinois Department of Human Services Announces Summer EBT Benefits for the 2024-25 School Year

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and Illinois State Board of Education...

State Treasurer Frerichs Announces New Option For Illinois Students Struggling to Obtain Traditional College Loans

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois students struggling to obtain traditional college loans have a new option...

Gov. Pritzker Appoints Theodore D. Berger as Next Director of Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS)

CHICAGO- Today, Governor JB Pritzker announced his appointment of emergency management executive...

Illinois Department of Corrections Announces Expansion of Freedom Reads Libraries to Decatur and Illinois River Correctional Centers

SPRINGFIELD – Today, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and the national non-profit...

ISAC Issues Letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary McMahon Regarding Potential Delays in Student Financial Aid and Student Loan Challenges

CHICAGO – Today, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) sent a letter to Secretary...

IDPH Reports First Measles Case of 2025 in Southern Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the first confirmed...

Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration To Stop Illegal Tariffs

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 12 attorneys general, today...

Duckworth Joins Schatz, Murray, Colleagues Condemning Labor Department’s Cancellation of Funding to Address Child Labor, Human Trafficking Worldwide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI),...

Governor Pritzker Announces Measures in Response to Trump Administration’s Constitutional Abuses

CHICAGO - Today, Governor JB Pritzker announced a series of measures against El Salvador in response...

Gov. Pritzker Unveils TCCI’s Clean Energy Innovation Hub in Decatur

DECATUR - Governor JB Pritzker joined TCCI Manufacturing today to announce the grand opening of it...

What Does the SAVE Act Mean for Illinois? LWVIL Testifies at State Capitol

SPRINGFIELD - At the invitation of the Illinois House Ethics and Elections Committee, the League...

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