WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * ****** Contact: CastenPress@mail.house.gov Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten sent a letter to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson urging him to convert the former National Guard Armory at 5400 West 63rd Street to a police precinct. "Earlier this year, the Illinois State Legislature passed, and Governor Pritzker signed, House Bill 478, a law to transfer the former National Guard Armory at 5400 West 63  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: ROCKFORD, IL Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) convened a roundtable on workforce development with Northern Illinois labor and education leaders at Rock Valley College Aviation Career Education Center. The discussion, which featured prominent leaders from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the Northwestern Illinois Building Trades Union, focused on how to use f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: [THOMSON, IL] U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today visited Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Thomson to meet with both members and leaders from AFGE Local 4070 and FCI Thomson leadership to discuss federal support for facility staffing needs and the conditions and support for current staff. Thomson recently transitioned from a Special Management Unit (SMU) security to a low-security federal pri  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)--Chair of the Senate's Aviation Safety Subcommittee--issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its new comprehensive audit of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of Boeing 737 and 787 aircraft production, which revealed weaknesses and failures in FAA's oversight proce  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement ahead of United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain's visit to Belvidere, Illinois, and as UAW calls on Stellantis to uphold its end of the deal to restart the Belvidere Assembly Plant and add on an electric vehicle battery plant to the facility: "Last year, the Belvidere Assembly Plant was idled and mo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) is now accepting applications from high school students in Illinois' 17th Congressional District seeking nominations to a U.S. Service Academy for the Fall 2025 term. The deadline for applications is Friday, November 1, 2024, at 5:00 P.M CT. "These institutions shape our future leaders, and I'm excited to help our local high school students take this path to prepare for   more