Tammy Duckworth

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.

Illinois’ first Asian American senator now becomes its first woman reelected to a Senate seat.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined U.S Sen. Tammy Duckworth to push new incentives for biofuels during a visit Tuesday in LeRoy, where they announced the Ag Department is offering $100 million in grants to retrofit gas stations to use E-85 fuel.

The money is going toward rehabilitating West College, and building a new facility for the Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing.

Duckworth said the biggest killer of children under the age of 16 is gun violence in the United States.

Senator Duckworth traveled to Asia last week to discuss opening a battery plant, as the state continues to lose out on such plants to neighboring states.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth says President Biden and Congress are united in supporting Ukraine as it fights back against Russia's invasion.