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Duckworth calls on disaster response agencies to improve coordinated relief efforts

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) highlighted the need for better coordination...

Durbin statement on Trump administration decision to slash refugee resettlement quota

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Immigration Subcommittee,...

Hunters, landowners encouraged to report suspected cases of EHD

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has received reports of 26 suspecte...

Governor applauds Illinois-China relationship at celebratory reception

CHICAGO – Gov. Bruce Rauner attended the 68 th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s...

Equipping police and communities in hard-hit opioid overdose areas

SPRINGFIELD – To fight the opioid epidemic in 18 south-central Illinois rural counties that...

Duckworth, Durbin announce over $8 Million for Head Start programs in Metro East

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced...

Duckworth addresses Authorizations for Use of Military Force in op-ed in the Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON - In an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy...

Duckworth statement on Trump’s indefinite discriminatory travel ban

WASHINGTON, DC – In response to President Trump’s latest illogical and discriminatory travel...

Beiser stops property tax increase, protects school funding

ALTON – State Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, recently supported a new school funding formula that woul...

Gov. Rauner signs Conor’s Law

CARLINVILLE – Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed into law SB 2185, known as Conor’s Law, legislation...

Duckworth statement on status of Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill

WASHINGTON, DC – Following an announcement that the Senate will not vote on the Graham-Cassidy...

Duckworth and Durbin call on Congress to immediately provide disaster assistance for Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined 9 of their...

Legislation introduced to help make college textbooks more affordable

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Al Franken (D-MN), and Angus King (I-ME) along...

Illinois Army National Guard's 123rd assumes engineer mission

SPRINGFIELD - Soldiers from five Illinois Army National Guard companies of the 123rd Engineer Battalion...

MyTax Illinois unemployment insurance transition is complete

SPRINGFIELD - On Monday, September 11, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) successfully...

Illinois State Police offers physical fitness inventory test seminar

Springfield, IL – The Illinois State Police (ISP) announces a Physical Fitness Inventory Test...

Durbin statement on the Succeed Act

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), ranking member of the Senate Immigration...

Duckworth & Durbin to President: Do more to address crisis in Cairo, Illinois

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are asking President...

Durbin helps introduce legislation to make college textbooks more affordable

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Al Franken (D-MN), and Angus King (I-ME) will hol...

Approximately 135 Soldiers mobilized for maintenance mission

SPRINGFIELD - Approximately 800 people crowded into the LRS Hanger of the Springfield Capital...

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