Dick Durbin

In 2012, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., traveled to Cuba to meet with imprisoned AID worker Alan Gross, but he also carried a message from President Barack…

Were area members of Congress to sum up this session in a single word, that word would most likely be “Growler.” The funding for 15 of Boeing’s high-tech…

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., joined a handful of other centrists-Democrats in voting against Nevada Sen. Harry Reid to be the caucus’ minority leader for…

Senate Democrats return to Washington Wednesday morning knowing that their time in the majority will expire in just a few weeks. The lame duck session…

State Rep. Mike Bost rode the national Republican wave to victory Tuesday night, knocking off incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Enyart to represent parts of the…

For U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, more sanctions against Russia aren’t enough to demonstrate the United States’ fury over Thursday’s crash of the Malaysian…

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin knows firsthand the difficulty in getting a minimum wage increase passed through a legislative body. The Illinois Democrat was…

Illinois’ higher education, business and political leaders are pledging cooperation for an effort to bring manufacturing jobs to the region. U.S. Rep.…

The Missouri Democratic Party has tapped U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to be the keynote speaker for the state party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner,…

The Air Force's top civilian official spent Tuesday morning at Scott Air Force Base with Illinois' political leaders. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk…