The Village of Downers Grove recently received the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation award for its 2015 municipal budget document.
State Sen. Christine Radogno on Thursday announced on her Senate website that, earlier this week, the House rejected the two-percent pay increase for lawmakers that took effect July 1.
U.S. Sen. Tom Cullerton's (D-IL) legislation, designed to help make Illinois more amenable to businesses by implementing intrastate crowdfunding exemptions, was signed into law on Wednesday.
U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) along with U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) on Tuesday introduced legislation to protect seniors from identity theft while combating waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare system.
U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and David Vitter (R-LA) on Wednesday expressed support for passage of the Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act through the Small Business Committee.
State Sen. Dan Kotowski's (D-IL) legislation giving Illinois families with children diagnosed with Down Syndrome more resources was passed into law Monday, on the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rohit Chopra, former student-loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and current senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, met on Tuesday to discuss enhancing oversight of for-profit colleges.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-IL) posted an opinion piece on her website in which she indicated the Illinois House of Representatives this spring spent nearly $1 million on stipends to 89 legislators for their work on 50 House committees.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) on Friday announced that the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a $218,182 Assistance to Firefighters Grant to the Addison Fire Protection District.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a public meeting in Bensenville, Illinois, in August, to review and comment on a new environmental study of the current runway configuration and new runway opening at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.