WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate on Aug. 28, 2024, for a bill (S. 2796) that aims to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois: * * * S. 2796 would grant jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma's land claim against the United States arising from the Treaty of Grouseland. The bill would require the court to render judgement without regard to the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: [CHICAGO, IL] U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) today announced $118,945 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program going to the University of Illinois. The Smith-Lever Special Needs Competiti  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: CHICAGO U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) today announced $118,945 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program going to the University of Illinois. The Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Chicago, IL Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement announcing $12.2 million in Shelter & Services Program (SSP) funding for the City of Chicago. The funding is part of over $380 million authorized by Congress for the Department of Homeland Security(link is external) (DHS) to directly support communities that ar  more