The federal firings have affected an estimated 6000 veterans, who make up a disproportionate share of the government ...

Susan Collins (R-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)—co-chairs of the Girl Scouts’ Honorary Troop Capitol Hill—introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize the 113th birthday ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee ...

Illinois’ junior senator has filed legislation in Washington D.C. that would give veterans fired by the recent layoffs under ...

Multiple senators introduced an act on Wednesday to reinstate veterans who were affected by a recent federal employee purge.

Some members of Congress are feeling the public outrage in the sheer volume of people calling their offices, attending ...

As the Trump administration continues its efforts to downsize the federal government with massive staffing cuts, Illinois Sen ...

The bill aims to create a more steady flow of work at bases around the country, such as the Rock Island Arsenal.

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and ...

Two Illinois State University students trekked to the nation’s capital last week to help back undergraduate research.

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

Kaine joined two other senators in introducing a bill that would restore veterans to their federal government jobs. Vets make ...