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Durbin: With Amtrak Ridership On The Rise, But Infrastructure Aging,...

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today urged members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to include several Illinois priorities in their Passenger Rail Reauthorization...

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Senators Press EPA To Set Strong RFS Standard For Biofuels Workers & Farmers

U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Al Franken (D-MN) today called on the U.S. Environmental Protection...

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Kirk Ban Against Sewage Dumping in Great Lakes Is Approved by Senate...

U.S. Senator Mark Kirk today applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee’s passage of an FY 2016 Interior Appropriations bill that includes a Kirk-advanced ban on sewage dumping in the Great Lakes....

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Durbin, Kirk: SBA Makes Federal Relief Available For Illinois Small...

U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) announced today that President Obama has issued a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Declaration for Grundy and Iroquois Counties,...

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Durbin Announces $1.16 Million Investment In Central Illinois Regional Airport

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced $1,163,954 in federal funding for infrastructure improvements and upgrades at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. The grant was...

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Shimkus Supports Long-Term Transportation Bill

After more than 20 hours of debate and consideration of 126 amendments, Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) voted in support of a long-term transportation infrastructure bill on Thursday

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Governor Announces Appointments

Currently, Karahalios is the Chief Legal Counsel and Sworn Deputy Treasurer in the Cook County Treasurer’s Office. He oversees the compliance of state statutes and county ordinances on real estate tax...

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Chicago Woman Charged with Posing as Federal Housing Official to Scam...

A Chicago woman has been charged with posing as a federal housing representative to scam homeowners out of cash, federal authorities announced today. CYNTHIA WALLACE, 45, of Chicago, is charged with...

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Mayor Emanuel Nominates Eugene Jones, Jr. as CEO of the Chicago Housing...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the nomination of Eugene “Gene” Jones, Jr. as CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) after serving as Acting CEO since June of 2015. “As Acting CEO, Gene has...

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CHA finalizes purchase of Presbyterian Homes

The Chicago Housing Authority has finalized the purchase of three apartment buildings that make up the Chicago portfolio of Presbyterian Homes, one of the nation’s largest providers of affordable...

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Ahead Of Spring Storms, Quigley & Durbin Call For Study of Urban Flooding

With the spring storm season approaching, and extreme weather events increasing in severity and frequency, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) wrote to Federal...

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Kirk Applauds Passage of Legislation that Invests in Illinois Seniors

Older Americans Act Provides Home and Community-Based Services for Aging Community Nationwide; Legislation Included Kirk-Authored Language to Help Holocaust Survivors Access Necessary Services...

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Mayor Emanuel Announces Barrett Murphy To Be New Commissioner Of The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – (RealEstateRama) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel today named Barrett Murphy as the new Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Water Management (DWM) and will submit his nomination for City...

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New State-of-the-Art Federal Probation Office Saves $1.4 Million in Annual...

Chief Judge Castillo Cuts Ribbon to New Mobile Workspace at Kluczynski Federal Building Chicago, Ill. – (RealEstateRama) — Today at a ceremony dedicating the new U.S. Probation Office for the Northern...

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Bustos Requests Federal Environmental Protection Agency take Action to...

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) wrote a letter to Robert Kaplan, Acting Regional Administrator for the Federal Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, to request that the agency take immediate...

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April 25 is Illinois REALTORS® Day

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Illinois REALTORS®, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and state lawmakers declared April 25, 2016 as Illinois REALTORS® Day. Over the last century, the association has...

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15 CHA/HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER STUDENTS RECEIVE $40,000 IN COLLEGE...

CHICAGO (August 15, 2016) — (RealEstateRama) — Last night, 15 young and ambitious CHA residents and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) participants were awarded $40,000 in college scholarships that will...

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Durbin Announces More Than $9.5 Million To Prevent Homelessness Among...

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded Illinois organizations grants totaling $9,540,655 to prevent homelessness among veterans...

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MERCY HOUSING LAKEFRONT TO DOUBLE IMPACT IN CHICAGO REGION

Mercy Housing Lakefront (MHL) today announced their commitment to doubling their supply of affordable housing in the Chicago area. The affordable housing nonprofit aims to accomplish this goal with the...

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Rush Reelected as Ranking Member of Energy

U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) was unanimously reelected by his colleagues to continue his service as the Ranking Democratic Member on the Subcommittee on Energy of the House Committee on...

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