Durbin pushes for details on Bondi’s past lobbying work
Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is asking two agencies to turn over additional ...
Chicago political notebook: Will Durbin run for reelection? Where will CPS/CTU negotiations go?
Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), who is in his fifth term and who turned 80 this past November—will he retire? It is expected that ...
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‘Just crazy’: Sen. Durbin blasts Trump’s comments on Greenland, Panama Canal, Canada
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is calling Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal a “joke”. Trump made the ...
Red Line extension funding now certain as CTA, feds sign grant agreement
The funding agreement ensures the $1.97 billion grant cannot be clawed back by a new presidential administration, Chicago ...
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'Monumental step forward': $1.9B CTA Red Line extension project secures federal funding agreement
A major federal funding agreement has been signed by local and federal officials for the construction of the Red Line ...
Democrats fume over Alito-Trump call
Senate Democrats are furious that President-elect Trump has reached out to conservative Justice Samuel Alito amid a push by ...
Chicago, federal officials sign nearly $2B funding agreement for CTA Red Line Extension Project
The federal funding agreement pledges more than $1.9 billion for the estimated $5.75 billion project, which will extend the CTA's Red Line by 5.5 miles, from 95th Street to 130th Street, and add four ...
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Nearly $20M of federal funding going toward infrastructure projects in central Illinois
On Friday, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that nearly $20 ...
Durbin asks DOJ to clarify scope of president’s military power ahead of Trump inauguration
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ...
CTA announces funding for long-awaited, multibillion-dollar rail extension
The Chicago Transit Authority is moving forward to extend the Red Line on the city’s Far South Side, at a cost of more than ...