U.S. Senator Mark Kirk Back On Central Illinois Stage
A year-and-a-half after his stroke, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk returned to central Illinois for the first time this week. Members of his party gave him a warm welcome at a Republican rally Thursday at...
View ArticleKirk Won't Endorse In GOP Governor Primary
(AP)-Republican Sen. Mark Kirk says he won't endorse any candidate in Illinois' GOP gubernatorial primary. However, Kirk gave some advice. He contends the only way Republicans will take control of the...
View ArticleFood Allergy Awareness Law
President Barack Obama has signed legislation giving financial incentives to states to stockpile emergency medications in schools that could save lives in the cases of allergic reactions. The deaths...
View ArticleSenator Kirk Opposes State Pension Plan
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says a pension-reform deal under consideration in Springfield ``falls short of finding the savings needed to solve Illinois' fiscal crisis.'' The Republican senator issued his...
View ArticleSen. Mark Kirk Hospitalized for Gall Stones
Illinois U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk has had his gall bladder removed. The procedure happened Monday morning at a hospital in the northern suburbs of Chicago.Kirk checked himself in to Northwestern Lake Forest...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Approves Farm Bill
The U.S. Senate passed the farm bill Tuesday by a vote of 68-32, sending it to the president’s desk and ending years of political wrangling.Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk were among the 68...
View ArticleSenator Kirk Opposes Term Limits
Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says he doesn't agree with proposals in Illinois to impose term limits on elected officials.Republican governor candidate Bruce Rauner is pushing a voter initiative to...
View ArticleFeds' Immigrant Numbers For Illinois May Not Tell Whole Story
Federal officials say 305 unaccompanied children caught at the U.S.-Mexico border were placed with Illinois sponsors this year, but officials say hundreds more could be at shelters.
View ArticleDurbin, Kirk Weigh In On Air Strikes In Iraq
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk each say they support limited air strikes over Iraq to try to deter the Islamic State terrorist organization. But Durbin's expressing reservations.President...
View ArticleSen. Kirk On ISIS: "Bomb The Hell Out Of Them"
Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says the United States should take a hard line against the Islamic State group. Islamic State extremists released a video Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of a...
View ArticleVeterans Clinic May Be Named After Lane Evans
A bipartisan effort to name a veterans facility in Galesburg, Illinois, after the late Lane Evans is underway. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos introduced legislation...
View ArticleKirk Wants Investigation Amid Tight Race For Illinois Treasurer
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is requesting a federal inquiry into what he's calling ``voting irregularities'' and ``mishandling of ballots'' during this month's election. In a letter dated Monday and obtained...
View ArticleDefense Bill Funds Pike County National Park Study
Illinois' senators say federal defense legislation includes a request to a study if a National Park designation is merited for the New Philadelphia archaeological site in western Illinois. Congress on...
View ArticleIllinois Republican: Cuba Agreement "Good First Step"
Illinois' Congressional delegation has mixed reviews on the United States moving to normalize relations with Cuba. Like many key Republicans, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk denounced President Barack Obama for...
View ArticleAdvice For Gov. Bruce Rauner
Yesterday, on Mon. Jan. 12, 2015, Illinois got a new governor: Bruce Rauner -- the first Republican to win the governor's mansion in more than a decade.. The former private equity investor spent a...
View ArticleIllinois' Top Republicans Dissapointed In End of Future Gen
Illinois' top two Republicans say they're disappointed the Federal government has halted funding for the future gen project in the region.Governor Bruce Rauner and U.S. Senator Mark Kirk released a...
View ArticleRauner Appoints Aide's Wife To Commerce Job
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has appointed the wife of atop aide to a $121,000 post at the Department of Commerce and EconomicOpportunity. Rauner's office Friday said Andria Winters of Chicago would be...
View ArticleAnother Chance For Tornado-Ravaged Towns
Illinois' Congressional delegation is trying to get the Federal Emergency Management Agency to revise how it distributes aid after natural disasters. As WUIS has previously reported, the lawmakers...
View ArticleDuckworth Distances Herself From Blagojevich
Republicans are making an issue of Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth's ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, now that she's running for U.S. Senate.In 2006, then-Gov. Blagojevich appointed Duckworth to head...
View ArticleRepublicans Relish Governor's Day As Rauner Hit With Setback
Gov. Bruce Rauner's November election victory landed his party a summer prize Illinois Republicans haven't had in dozen years --- the pride of having Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair. But...
View ArticleDurbin's Lead On Iran Deal Sparks Rumors: What's Next For Illinois' Senior...
Illinois' junior, Republican Senator Mark Kirk -- opposes the nuclear deal with Iran. But the state's senior U.S. Senator Democrat Dick Durbin, has been key in sheparding it through Congress. That's...
View ArticleDurbin Speaks Out On Scalia; Kirk Calls Debate 'Unseemly'
Republicans in the U.S. Senate have vowed to block any nominee the president might submit to succeed the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. But Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois says there’s more...
View ArticleIllinois Primary Election Scorecard
Hillary Clinton eked out a win in the state where she was born and raised, Donald Trump prevailed despite lackluster support from most of the state's GOP leaders, voters finalized who'll compete to...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Candidate Tammy Duckworth Attacks Sen. Mark Kirk
Illinois Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, who is running for U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's seat, sharpened her attacks against the Republican a day after winning the Democratic primary.
View ArticleGuantanamo's Future At Bay; Kirk And Durbin Divided
Long before President Barack Obama's trip this week, the U-S has had a physical foothold in Cuba, via its naval base and prison at Guantanamo Bay. Obama's seeking to close down the detention center...
View ArticleState Week: Gov Doth Protest Too Much?
As Chicago State University moves closer to closing, Gov. Bruce Rauner this week said he's “very upset" about Illinois not having a budget. But didn't he once outline just this sort of plan as a way to...
View ArticleRauner Won't Endorse Trump
A member of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration says the Republican governor will not endorse Donald Trump as the GOP standard-bearer in the November election.
View ArticleState Week: Tax Change Doesn't Graduate
A push to change Illinois' flat income tax into a graduated tax died on the vine this week. And Illinois Republicans have some difficult decisions to make now that Donald Trump appears to have won the...
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