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Safety tips on how to handle the heat

July 21 2017 at 12:26 PM

SPRINGFIELD – With high temperatures expected over the next couple of days, Illinois Department...

Governor appoints Carlinville native to Illinois State Board of Education

July 21 2017 at 11:21 AM

CHICAGO – Today, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced he has appointed Susan Morrison to the Illinois...

Competitive eating contest added to State Fair

July 21 2017 at 11:13 AM

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Fair is home to many things, giant statues of Abraham Lincoln,...

Governor appoints new member to University of Illinois Board of Trustees

July 21 2017 at 11:01 AM

CHICAGO – Today, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced he has appointed Stuart King to the University of...

G.I. Bill gets improved benefits

July 21 2017 at 10:50 AM

WASHINGTON – Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth joined Senate Veterans Affairs Committee...

Durbin, Graham introduce bipartisan Dream Act to give immigrant students path to citizenship

July 21 2017 at 10:25 AM

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced the...

First-responders receive grant from Assistance to Firefighters Program

July 20 2017 at 4:40 PM

CHICAGO – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin today announced that the U.S. Department...

Governor Rauner: Put kids in front of politics, send me the education bill

July 20 2017 at 3:39 PM

CHICAGO – Today, Gov. Bruce Rauner again demanded that lawmakers put the children of Illinois...

First 2017 human case of West Nile Virus in Illinois reported

July 20 2017 at 3:34 PM

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human...

Durbin proposal to release Brandon Road Study on Asian carp included in Senate Appropriations Bill

July 20 2017 at 3:31 PM

WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved its $38.4 billion energy and...

Illinois job growth remains below national average

July 20 2017 at 3:08 PM

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

Senator Duckworth speaks about GOP repeal

July 20 2017 at 9:20 AM

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the release of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s...

Governor Rauner tours flood damage in Round Lake

July 20 2017 at 9:16 AM

ROUND LAKE – Gov. Bruce Rauner today toured flood damage and met with school administrators at...

Durbin, Nelson, Rubio, Menendez, Cruz, Merkley introduce resolution honoring late Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá

July 19 2017 at 3:24 PM

WASHINGTON – Ahead of the fifth anniversary of Oswaldo Payá’s death, U.S. Senators...

Gov. Rauner to lawmakers: “Send me the education funding bill now”

July 19 2017 at 1:20 PM

CHICAGO – Today, Gov. Bruce Rauner again called on lawmakers to send him Senate Bill 1, the...

Duckworth issues statement on failure of Trumpcare 3.0

July 19 2017 at 8:21 AM

WASHINGTON, DC — After Senate Majority Leader McConnell admitted that Senate Republicans’...

U of I atom experiment simulates life of HIV capsid that shuttles virus to a human cell

July 19 2017 at 7:00 AM

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It took two years on a supercomputer to simulate 1.2 microseconds in the life...

Governor reaffirms commitment to building up transportation Infrastructure

July 18 2017 at 9:07 PM

OAK BROOK – Gov. Bruce Rauner today reaffirmed his commitment to the state’s transportation...

Gov. Rauner signs Charlie's Law

July 18 2017 at 9:01 PM

LOMBARD– Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed Charlie’s Law, a-first-in-the-nation bill that...

Beiser highlights efforts to protect services that help seniors

July 18 2017 at 5:12 PM

ALTON – Continuing his efforts to provide vital services to seniors, state Rep. Dan Beiser,...

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