State Rep. John Connor, D-Lockport, and state Sen. Pat McGuire, D-Joliet, joined Will County Meals on Wheels volunteers on Monday to bring food to seniors in the Fairmont area of Lockport. “Meals on Wheels and other services are critical to ...

Gov. Rauner proclaimed June 19, 2018 as Juneteenth Day in Illinois to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the U.S. On this date in 1865, Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and ...

Thetimesweekly.com The United States Department of Education has designated Illinois a teacher shortage area, codifying an ongoing crisis that could cause irreversible damage to Illinois' education ecosystem. State Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-Shorewood) is working to combat the crisis by supporting ...

A measure introduced by state Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, to require the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs to submit a biannual report on the health and of welfare of residents at veterans’ homes has passed both the House and Senate ...

Will County Schools will receive additional school funding, according to a measure by State Senator Bertino-Tarrant (D-Shorewood). Bertino-Tarrant supported House Bill 109, which will allocate $350 million in additional funding for Illinois schools this year. “This year we move one ...

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law a $38.5 billion bipartisan budget that holds the line on taxes, increases funding for education, curbs spending, and creates a new adoption tax credit that will make it less costly for Illinois parents to ...

The General Assembly may soon have a better idea on how to combat the opioid epidemic sweeping the nation.

State Rep. John Connor, Lockport, is sponsoring a women’s supply drive throughout the month of May to benefit the women at MorningStar Mission’s Women and Family. Connor’s office will be collecting new, unopened boxes of feminine products including tampons, pads, ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be completing a resurfacing project on McDonough Street (US Route 52) from Raynor Avenue to the DesPlaines River beginning in May and running through August.

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services received notice from the Federal government that plans to better serve Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorders and mental health challenges have been approved.

Competitive grant program emphasizes bicycle, pedestrian and streetscape improvements aimed at enhancing travel and quality of life.

State Rep. Larry Walsh, Jr., Elwood, co-sponsored legislation that will protect working class families from being unnecessarily removed from the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).

State Rep. John Connor, D-Lockport, passed legislation that will ensure that coroners and medical examiners work with police to send DNA samples and other investigative information when unidentified human remains are found to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System ...

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White’s legislation requiring judges to explain the rationale for rescinding Statutory Summary Suspensions (SSS) is moving on to the Senate after passing the House.

In response to the deadly Legionnaire’s Disease crisis at the Quincy Veterans Home, state Rep. John Connor, Lockport, is backing legislation to address the situation and prevent future outbreaks.