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Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin issues statement on the passing of Senator John McCain

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin has issued a statement on the passing of Senato...

Senate passes funding bill that includes increased medical research funding

CHICAGO – The U.S. Senate passed the Defense-Labor-HHS-Education appropriations “minibus”...

Illinois National Guard promotes top Chaplain

SPRINGFIELD – Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Steve Foster of Riverton, Illinois, was promoted to the rank...

Illinois state agencies collaborate to expand mobile services

SPRINGFIELD - The Department of Employment Security (DES) and Department of Innovation & Technology...

Jacksonville-born soldier retires after more than 33 years of service

SPRINGFIELD – After a 33-year military career spanning enlisted and officer service as well as...

Specialized team deploys to Africa

SPRINGFIELD - The 1965th Contingency Contracting Team held its deployment ceremony in the Illinois Militar...

Senate passes Durbin-Grassley amendment to take on big pharma, require disclosure of drug prices in TV ads

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate passed a bipartisan amendment introduced by U.S. Senators...

Tickets still available for Grandstand concerts at Du Quoin State Fair

DU QUOIN, IL – Tickets are still available for seven star-studded performances in the Grandstand...

Illinois state agencies collaborate to expand mobile services

Springfield - The Department of Employment Security (DES) and Department of Innovation & Technology...

Unemployment rate falls

CHICAGO –Unemployment rates decreased over-the-year in July in all of Illinois’s metropolitan...

Durbin statement on meeting with Judge Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,...

Department of Corrections announces construction of 200-bed inpatient treatment center in Joliet

JOLIET – The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is gearing up to build a 200-bed mental...

Durbin applauds bipartisan passage of amendment establishing firefighter cancer registry

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded passage of a bipartisan...

Du Quoin State Fair honors first Bicentennial farm family as Twilight Parade Grand Marshals

DU QUOIN, IL – The Illinois Department of Agriculture is proud to announce that Gerald and Betty...

Illinois Department of Human Rights honors "Dream Builders"

ROCKFORD – The Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR), in partnership with First Northern...

Saturday is Park District Conservation Day at the Illinois State Fair

SPRINGFIELD – Members from more than 45 Park Districts from across Illinois will entertain fairgoers...

Sparta, Illinois-based National Guard Firefighting team returns from Iraq and Syria

SPARTA, IL - Family, friends and colleagues gathered at the Sparta Army National Guard Armory in...

Durbin, Kennedy applaud DEA for lowering opioid quotas for third year in a row

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and John Kennedy (R-LA) today praised the Drug Enforcemen...

Illinois payrolls up for sixth straight month

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment...

Thursday is Democrat Day at the Illinois State Fair

SPRINGFIELD – Thursday, August 16th is Democrat Day at the Illinois State Fair. Today you can...

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