WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Approval of the waiver allows the State to bolster health programs aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic, violence, prevention, homelessness, hunger, and more HICAGO - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) applauded the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) approval of Illinois' application for a Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver to enha  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today released the following statement after the White House announced its intent to nominate U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Hawley for the Peoria-based federal district court judicial vacancy in the Central District of Illinois: "We are pleased that President Biden i  more