State Senator Raoul Votes for Legal Authorization to Pay State Workers
Measure also keeps essential services operational during budget impasse SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago 13th) issued...
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BBB Alert: MasterCard Phone Scam Hits Northern Illinois
CHICAGO, IL - Another phone scam has resurfaced in northern Illinois. Consumers have reported that they are receiving automated messages...
President Obama Statement on the Shooting in Chattanooga, TN
President Barack Obama: I just received a briefing from FBI Director Comey, as well as my White House team, about...
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Keynote Address at the 106th NAACP Annual Convention Freedom Fund Dinner
Thank you, President Brooks, for that kind introduction and for your outstanding leadership of this distinguished organization. I also want...
June Jobs in Illinois Decrease -7,500
Illinois Unemployment Rate Declines to 5.9 percent CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced that Illinois’...
Dunkin Helps Bring Happy Hour Back to Illinois
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois State Rep. Ken Dunkin, D-Chicago, joined a bipartisan group of legislators to witness the governor’s signing...
Congressional Tri-Caucus Statement on Senate Passage of the Every Child Achieves Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Senate passed the Every Child Achieves Act (S.1177) to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education...
Rauner Administration Continues to Block Inquiry Into Nearly $4 Million of Taxpayer-Funded Salaries
SPRINGFIELD, IL – In another snub to Illinois taxpayers, Gov. Bruce Rauner and his administration on Wednesday again refused to...
Governor Cuomo Delivers Remarks at NAACP Annual Convention in Philadelphia
Transcript: New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Good morning to all of you. First, to Karen Boykin-Towns, she is a...
Senator Collins Votes to Override Gov. Rauner’s Budget Vetoes, Pay State Workers, Fund Essential Services
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th) issued the following statement on budget action in the...
