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Well, this is an interesting turn of events. Almost three years ago, the Obama administration purchased the nearly-vacant Thomson prison from the state of Illinois for $165 million dollars. At the time, there was much concern over the possibility that detainees being held in the Guantanamo Bay prison would be transferred to Illinois...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) expects Republican opposition to President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, and says the party’s political donors are to blame. Durbin supports the new rules, which are aimed at cutting carbon emissions by 32 percent by 2030...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network The clock is ticking on the federal Highway Trust Fund, and both of Illinois’ U.S. Senators are against settling for any short-term extension. The fund supports highway and transit projects around the country, but since 2005, Congress hasn’t been able to pass a long-term transportation funding bill, instead passing 33 short-term fixes...

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is endorsing Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth for the party's nomination to oppose incumbent Republican Sen. Mark Kirk next year. In a fundraising letter to supporters, Durbin called Duckworth a friend who has made "an amazing journey from the battlefields of Iraq to the campaign battleground in Illinois...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is backing a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $12 by 2020 -- which is more ambitious than Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposal. Durbin says Republican positions on raising the minimum wage show how "out of touch some elected officials are with the reality of life...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Whoever wins the Democratic nomination in next year's U.S. Senate race will have the support of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). That's despite the close relationship Durbin has developed with U.S...

Will Stevenson -- Illinois Radio Network U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) wants to expand a program that currently provides care to post-9/11 disabled veterans, to disabled veterans of any conflict. The Veterans Care program currently provides funds to caregivers and their families allowing post-9/11 veterans to stay in their homes, and Durbin says it's worth it to expand...

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has honored a baseball Hall of Famer who recently passed away with a speech on the Senate Floor. The Democratic lawmaker delivered remarks Monday following the death of former Chicago Cubs player Ernie Banks, known as "Mr...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) hopes his trip to Cuba is the beginning of big changes for the communist country. Speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate today (Tuesday), Durbin called his visit as part of a congressional delegation “very productive,” as he and other Democrats met with representatives of the Cuban government as well as its political opponents

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is predicting a close vote in the Senate on the Keystone oil pipeline. A bill approving the next phase of the project passed in the House, and will likely be considered in the Senate Tuesday...