Dick Durbin

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.

Called "Roadmap to Grow Illinois' Rural Health Workforce," the plan has been in the works for more than a year, Durbin said, and prioritizes recruitment and incentives for working in rural areas, as well as expanding educational programming at colleges and universities.

The Illinois Democrat said it will take bipartisan cooperation to keep the federal government from defaulting.

Bloomington-Normal's public transportation system has received $15.8 million in federal funding in the last year to electrify its bus fleet.

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker dangled the promise of free college for low- and middle-income students during a campaign stop Wednesday at Illinois State University.