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Illinois Department of Human Rights releases interim report on statewide discrimination study

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) has publicly released its interim...

Governor signs executive order drecting Department of Commerce to work with new economic development non-profit

Focused Effort to Attract Business and Create Jobs CHICAGO – Governor Bruce Rauner today...

Madigan to Convene Comprehensive Hearings on Education Funding Formula

SPRINGFIELD – House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, D-Chicago , issued the following statement...

Durbin discusses Congenital Heart Disease research with Illinois leaders and activists

Durbin recently introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize his 2009 Congenital Heart Future...

Illinois Businesses will work with State Government to promote HumanTrafficking Resource Center Hotline Number

CHICAGO – Effective January 1, 2016, The Human-Trafficking Resource Center Notice Act...

Durbin calls for expedited student loan relief for Illinois students deceived by the Computer Science Institute

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on the Department of Education...

Munger: Illinois on pace to dig $6.2 Billion deeper in debt this year

CHICAGO - Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger announced Tuesday that the State of Illinois is on pac...

Durbin visits CDC Headquarters in Atlanta, briefed on public health crises, Zika virus

ATLANTA—U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

IEMA Encourages People to Prepare for Earthquakes

SPRINGFIELD – Just over 200 years ago, parts of Illinois and several other states in the Central...

Governor Names New Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator

SPRINGFIELD – Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed the first Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator. He...

Depts. of Children and Family Services, Public Health Release Safe Sleep PSA

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Departments of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Public...

Statement from Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on the Passing of Phil Rock

The state of Illinois lost an icon today in the passing of Phil Rock, a man who had served as president...

Governor Rauner Announces FEMA to Work with State on Flood, Storm Damage Assessments

Seeking Detailed Documentation of Local Government Costs in 19 Counties, Home and Business Damage...

Beiser Calls for Responsible Budget that Protects Essential Services

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, issued the following statement regarding Gov....

Durbin: "FTC charges of deception against DeVry University are the latest chapter in the shameful story of so many for-profit colleges

Students from DeVry University are the ‘story behind the story’ cumulatively...

Durbin: No town too small, no suburb too wealthy to avoid heroin epidemic

At Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator points to prescription narcotic drugs as a dangerous...

Rep. Kay statement on Governor Rauner’s State of the State

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner gave his second annual State of the State today...

Governor announces formation of NonProfit Economic Development Organization

New privately funded non-profit will focus strictly on increasing Illinois’ competitiveness for...

Governor Bruce Rauner’s State of the State Address

President Cullerton Speaker Madigan Leader Radogno Leader Durkin Lieutenant Governor Sanguinetti...

Durbin calls on hud to strengthen regulations addressing childhood lead exposure

The Chicago Tribune found that since 2012, at least 178 Chicago children living in federally subsidized...

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