Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois said Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense secretary nominee, is the most unqualified pick ever for the job.

Elected leaders in Illinois are mourning the death of former President Jimmy Carter and reflecting on the life of the humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., proposed the IVF measure that failed to reach 60 votes again on Tuesday in a mostly party-line vote.

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.

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.

The new five-year farm bill is expected to reach $1 trillion for the first time.

Illinois U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth says she will oppose cuts to any of the specialized positions at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said she wants any police reforms to include a required independent review of police-involved shootings.