Dick Durbin meets with secretary of the Air Force to discuss future of Illinois’ Air Force installations.

U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam, chairman of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, administrator for the U.S. Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, asking why nearly one million people received the wrong tax forms from health insurance marketplaces set up under Obamacare.

Laura Fitzpatrick recently announced that her resignation from her Trust position will begin on March 1, 2015.

A former College of DuPage (COD) employee has been arrested and charged with felony theft over allegations that he stole more than $200,000 from campus radio station WDCB-FM 90.9.

Carol Stream will hold a public workshop on the village's Comprehensive Plan next month, the village said this week.

Three $1,000 scholarship awards are up for grabs to area high school seniors.

The Village of Oak Brook currently is accepting bids for a Reservoir A fuel tank replacement.

State Rep. Patti Bellock agrees with Gov. Bruce Rauner's assessment of Illinois' budgetary challenges. 

A new website has been created by Fair Allocation in Runways that makes registering airport noise complaints in the City of Chicago easier.

As a retired certified public accountant and candidate for the College of DuPage Board of Trustees, Charles Bernstein has many questions surrounding the situation involving the college’s radio station and former engineer John Valenta.

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said on Wednesday that the 8th District Military Service Academy Board has  nominated 11 students from the district, which she serves, to attend military service academies.

U.S. Rep Bill Foster (D-Ill.) today released a statement on Wednesday expressing disappointment with Gov. Bruce Rauner's efforts to prohibit the collection of fair-share fees, which are mandatory fees that public-employee unions collect from workers.

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), along with Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) have announced the Congressional Caucus on Poland for the 114th Congress.

The National Association of Manufacturers has awarded U.S Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) with the NAM Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence..

Carol Stream Police Department veteran Ed Sailer was sworn in this week as the village's new police chief.

Warrenville Mayor David Brummel will deliver the State of the City Address at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 26. 

BodyState Rep. Ron Sandack (R-21st) has filed a bill that looks to remove the required five day weekly physical education classes for Illinois students.

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) joined fellow lawmakers in supporting the Vaccines Save Lives Resolution.

Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) has co-sponsored a bill to combat waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Elmhurst sued Lucky Motors alleging the dealership violated terms of a 2010 sales tax rebate agreement.