Dick Durbin

The presence of reproductive rights in the fall political campaign took center stage in the Senate Wednesday with a Democratic-backed vote to declare contraception a federal right.

Unit 5 schools will get almost $1.1 million to buy five electric school buses, with the funding coming from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2023 Clean School Bus Rebate Competition.

Rivian is one of more than a dozen automakers to get a warning from U.S. senators to not block unionizing efforts by their employees.

The senior senator from Illinois said he has concerns about enforcement of the new code of conduct for Supreme Court justices.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is mixing into the unionization effort at the Rivian electric vehicle plant in Normal. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers is trying to organize the plant. Durbin says he has met with Rivian CEO R-J Scaringe and told him the company should support unionizing efforts.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says Americans are sickened by new reports of lavish trips donors have paid for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Durbin says it is more than just an ethical lapse and demands ethics reforms.

Around $4 million for a long-planned Locust Street sewer separation project, improvements at the Bloomington-Normal Reclamation District and flood prevention within Uptown Normal has been proposed, but still need full Senate approval.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin wants the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider ethical standards such as mandated financial disclosure reports for justices. Congress passed those rules for all other federal judges last year.

Congress will begin negotiations on a farm bill soon. Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert says the bureau has been meeting with farmers across the state to hear their priorities.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Supreme Court justices can't argue that separation of powers shields them from ethics laws.