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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is promoting Patrick Fitzgerald to be the next attorney general of the United States. Fitzgerald was U.S. attorney in Chicago for 11 years, crusading against political corruption in Illinois. The heads on his wall include governors George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich, and scores of other politicians and political operatives who were sent to prison with when he was at the h

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk continues to push for the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. The Illinois Republican on Monday hosted a business roundtable in Chicago for Export-Import Bank Chairman and President Fred Hochberg...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network U.S. Sen. Mark S. Kirk (R-Ill.) doesn’t believe limited air strikes will be enough to defeat militants in Iraq. The attacks against the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have so far been limited to hitting the group’s supplies...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Regulations aimed at for-profit colleges could end hurting community colleges, U.S. Sen. Mark S. Kirk (R-Ill.) says. The U.S. Department of Education is considering “gainful employment” regulations that would take away federal aid from programs that leave students with a high ratio of debt compared to their income...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk is demanding criminal background checks on the unaccompanied children that have crossed the U.S. border with Mexico. According to Kirk, 429 unaccompanied minors are now living in Chicago. Kirk says he has sent letters to the U...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network U.S. Sen. Mark S. Kirk (R-Ill.) says President Obama is the wrong man to deal with the new crisis in Iraq. Kirk says Obama and his current national security team have failed to stop violence in the country caused by Islamic militants such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has seized large areas of northern Iraq...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network U.S. Sen. Mark S. Kirk (R-Ill.) wants to give a tax break to craft breweries. Kirk says he supports the Small BREW (Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce) Act, which would reduce the taxes paid by brewers on their first 2 million barrels of beer, and halve the taxes due on the first 60,000...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis is pleased that Sen. Mark S. Kirk (R-Ill.) is now supporting him. Kirk initially said he didn’t want to campaign against Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) because they have a working relationship that’s good for Illinois, and because Durbin supported Kirk while Kirk recovered from a stroke in 2012...