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Senate Approves Manar Plan to Cap Insulin Costs

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate today approved an initiative to reign in the soaring cost of...

Durbin Urges Senate to Pass Bipartisan, House-Passed Venezuela Tps Legislation

WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) toda...

Durbin Urges Senate to Pass Bipartisan, House-Passed Venezuela Tps Legislation

WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) toda...

Durbin Joins Colleagues to Introduce New Legislation to Help Break the Cycle of Urban Gun Violence

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) to introduce new...

IL Department on Aging Hosts Adult Protection and Advocacy Conference

Itasca, IL – The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) is hosting its 7th Annual Adult Protection...

Duckworth Once Again Presses the FAA to Publish Advisory Circular on Best Practices for Manufacturing, Testing and Operating Angle of Attack Sensors

WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Ahead of today’s Senate hearing with Boeing executives and on the...

Duckworth Statement on Raid that Killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a combat Veteran and member of the U.S....

Illinois Department of Labor Releases Top 5 Safety Violations for Illinois Transportation Departments

SPRINGFIELD – Worker safety is the primary mission of the Illinois Occupational Safety and Health...

OSFM Reminds Parents to Keep Their Trick or Treaters Safe This Halloween

SPRINGFIELD - Halloween is a fun time of the year for kids but can be scary if you don’t take...

Illinois Department of Insurance Releases 2020 ACA Health Insurance Marketplace Rates

CHICAGO – Today, the Illinois Department of Insurance released the health insurance rates an...

Wehrli, Bipartisan Group of Legislators Call for Ethics Reform

SPRINGFIELD – Amidst ongoing public corruption investigations entangling multiple layers of...

First Cadet Class Funded by Governor Pritzker’s Budget Receive Oath of an Officer

SPRINGFIELD – This afternoon, 57 new Troopers of Cadet Class 129 were commissioned at a graduation...

Officers Probe Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash at the Rail Golf Course in Sherman

SPRINGFIELD, IL. - On Sunday, October 27, 2019, at approximately 10:30 p.m., the Sherman Police Department...

SIEG Agents Arrest Man Following Narcotics Investigation

CARTERVILLE – On October 27, 2019, Agents with the Southern Illinois Enforcement Group arrested...

Bost Announces Technical Assistance for Randolph and Perry County Hospitals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) and the Delta Regional Authority (DRA)...

Bristow Serves as Principal for the Day at Alton Middle School

ALTON – State Rep. Monica Bristow, D-Alton, visited Alton Middle School on Monday to learn...

$1M Winning Powerball Ticket Sold at Chapin Fast Stop

CHAPIN – If you bought a Powerball ticket in Chapin, you may want to check it right away! A ga...

Stuart Promotes Prescription Drug Take Back Day

COLLINSVILLE – To combat the opioid crisis and misuse of prescription drugs, state Rep. Katie...

Unemployment Rate Down in Twelve Metro Areas, Jobs Up in Thirteen

SPRINGFIELD – The unemployment rate decreased over-the-year in September in twelve Illinois metropolitan...

Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $39 Million to Support Illinois Housing and Community Development

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today $39,228,631...

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