In the News
February 5, 2017
More than 1,200 community members, community leaders, dignitaries, and supporters, including Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, shared in the message of 'equality and justice for all' during Equality Illinois' 2017 gala held Feb. 4 at the Hilton Chicago.
Issues:
LGBTQI+ Rights
February 2, 2017
Continuity, consistency and courtroom cameras are the three-pronged focus for the congressional Transparency Caucus this session.
Issues:
Government Transparency
January 30, 2017
Breaking ranks with GOP leaders, U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren criticized President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning refugees from entering the U.S. and restricting travel for people from seven Muslim-majority countries as "overly broad" and lacking compassion.
Issues:
Immigration
January 30, 2017
Chicago-area Democrats in Congress lashed out Monday at what party leaders called President Donald Trump's "hateful" executive order on immigration, and several joined an evening protest outside the Supreme Court.
Issues:
Immigration
January 28, 2017
Chicago-area Democratic politicians sharply criticized the Trump administration Saturday after more than a dozen travelers were taken into custody at O'Hare International Airport to enforce the president’s executive order on immigration related to seven majority-Muslim countries.
Issues:
Immigration
January 25, 2017
Just a handful of days into Donald Trump's presidency, abortion opponents already have reason to celebrate.
Issues:
Reproductive Rights
January 20, 2017
As Donald Trump was sworn in as president Friday, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) was sorting cherry tomatoes.
January 19, 2017
Eight portraits lined the entrance to the lower level of the hotel lobby where the Illinois State Society put on its inaugural celebration Thursday evening. None of them depicted the man who will assume the presidency Friday.
Issues:
Appropriations
January 18, 2017
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) said Monday night that in light of an increasingly unpredictable political climate both at home and abroad his work on the House Intelligence Committee is more critical now than ever.
January 15, 2017
In this dystopian era of hyper-partisan politics, many of our elected leaders on both sides of the aisle share a common bane: Those pesky and intrusive watchdogs they grudgingly hired to keep them from breaking rules or laws.
Issues:
Government Transparency