Illinois Congressman hopes Senate approves his bill protecting religious rights related to health insurance.

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges course could lead to creation of more than 400 jobs.

Madison County Chairman Alan J. Dunstan recently announced that thousands of people could be losing their jobs if Granite City Steelworks were to close down.

The council hopes to increase the reach and profit of homegrown and homemade products coming from Madison and St. Clair counties.

The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 seeks to resolve the crisis of mandatory minimums and prison overspending and overcrowding.

Small business owners are celebrating after House Rep. Mike Bost's Stronger Voice for Small Business Act 2015 (H.R. 1429) passed earlier this month.

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) wrote a letter Friday to his House colleagues to reject an amendment by U.S. Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI). to an energy security bill that would have stripped the U.S. maritime industry of $500 million in funding for the Maritime Security Program at Scott Air Force Base near Belleville.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, Minnesota Sen. Al Franken and Maine Sen. Angus King have unveiled legislation aimed at making high-quality textbooks easily available to students, professors and the public -- free of charge.

Illinois Reps. Rodney Davis and Cheri Bustos will travel to Cuba as part of an upcoming bipartisan agricultural trade mission.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin met earlier this week with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was in Washington to attend a summit on violent crimes.

Reps. Mike Bost (IL-12) and Grace Meng (D-NY) presented the Small Agricultural Producer Size Standards Improvement Act on Oct. 8. 

Madison County, Illinois, will be one of the first counties to enact a digital citation program for traffic stops, according to the Illinois Business Journal. 

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis applauds agreement between state, Springfield and Sangamon County.

Currently chiropractors who opt out of Medicare can't treat patients on private basis

Senator questions whether banking industry influenced FBI's decision.

The Troy/Maryville/St. Jacob/Marine Chamber of Commerce hosting free event on Thursday.

Mark Kirk presses Obama about whether recent missile test by Iran violated UN ban.

Republican trio trying to put a stop to illegal dumping of foreign steel in U.S. markets.

Senator wants VA and Department of Education to review recent findings by Department of Defense.

Mayor also designates October as Community Planning Month during council meeting.