Tammy Duckworth To Interview For Biden's VP Position, Dick Durbin Says
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth is being floated as Joe Biden's potential running mate.
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Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth is being floated as Joe Biden's potential running mate.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin stopped by the hospital's drive-through testing site Friday morning, saying he wants everyone to know how important testing is to the nation's future.
Sen. Dick Durbin led a roundtable discussion with public health officials on coronavirus response Friday.
Hundreds of Chicagoans from all walks of life gathered Monday morning to honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
One day after CBS 2 revealed claims that Indiana steelmaker ArcelorMittal cheated on the results of its toxicity tests, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) are asking for the federal government to take serious action against the company.
As calls to pursue impeachment against President Trump intensify, all but one Chicago area representative now supports the inquiry.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the city of Chicago is stepping up efforts to prevent kids from vaping, amid a growing number of deaths and serious illnesses nationwide connected to electronic cigarette use.
Illinois' two senators continued their pressure campaign on Major League Baseball to be more proactive about fan safety at ballparks, urging greater transparency about how often and how seriously fans are hurt by foul balls.
In two days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could begin conducting raids to arrest and deport thousands of undocumented immigrants across the nation, and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he's concerned about where people who are detained in the Chicago area will be housed.
Illinois Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin are urging Major League Baseball to expand protective netting at all 30 major league ballparks.
Illinois senator Dick Durbin is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Acting Commissioner to "get off the sidelines and address" the public health issue surrounding youth e-cigarette use.
The legislation would also encourage carriers to use technology to stop what's called spoofing. That's where the scammers put a bogus number on the caller ID.
Amid revelations that the Trump administration would be proposing eliminating all funding for the Special Olympics, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin chastised Secretary Betsy DeVos, saying the idea deserved a "Special Olympic gold medal for insensitivity."
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Rev. Jesse Jackson and other leaders will attend a peace vigil Sunday afternoon at Daley Plaza following a mass shooting in New Zealand.
A signal problem that caused major delays for Metra and Amtrak trains out of Union Station Thursday was caused by a worker falling on a circuit board during a server upgrade, Sen. Dick Durbin says.
Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth along with Reps. Brad Schneider and Lauren Underwood sent Gov. Tony Evers a letter saying stormwater run-off from the plant would drain into the Des Plaines River watershed and could worsen flooding in Illinois' Lake County, which covers the northeastern corner of Illinois and is just north of Cook County, which includes Chicago.
More are calling for action and a criminal probe at Sterigenics in Willowbrook after a report by 2 Investigator Dave Savini revealed serious allegations from former workers about toxic emission being released into the community.
Calling this an urgent health crisis, Senator Durbin and Senator Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday demanded the EPA find a third-party environmental engineering firm to identify a way to reduce emissions.
Seantor Durbin says community health centers provide care to more than a million Illinois residents annually.
A criminal complaint says Jura Perkins made the calls to the Illinois senators from May 28 to Oct. 25, leaving voicemails in which she used vulgarities, accused them of being communists, and threatened Duckworth's baby.
Ford has claimed Kavanaugh tried to force himself on her at a high school party in the 1980s, when she was a 15-year-old sophomore.
"This grant funding will ensure the CTA's aging infrastructure can keep pace with the growing demand for its services."
Calling the Trump administration's policy a "humanitarian disaster," Durbin said someone must be held responsible for separating children from their parents.
Stunning allegations have been released surrounding the treatment of migrant children while they were held in Chicago.
The president repeatedly has pushed back on calls from Republicans and Democrats to bring in additional immigration judges at the Mexico border.
