Dave McKinney

3 weeks ago | wbez.org | Dave McKinney

Since taking office, Dick Durbin will go down as one of the state’s most influential congressional figures. But the Illinois Democrat was also a master of the floor-speech zinger. Now that Durbin has announced his retirement, WBEZ’s Dave McKinney looks back at some of the senator’s more memorable stem-winders.

3 weeks ago | nprillinois.org | Dave McKinney

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will not seek a sixth term next year, confirming to WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that he will leave office in 2027 in a long-awaited move certain to set off a massive, intraparty succession fight. “I’ve decided not to run for re-election. So a year and a half from now, I’ll be wrapping up. I plan on working full-time until that moment, but I’m not going to be waging a campaign for re-election,” Durbin said during an interview in downtown Chicago.

3 weeks ago | wbez.org | Dave McKinney

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will not seek a sixth term next year, confirming to WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that he will leave office in 2027 in a long-awaited move certain to set off a massive, intraparty succession fight. “I’ve decided not to run for re-election. So a year and a half from now, I’ll be wrapping up. I plan on working full-time until that moment, but I’m not going to be waging a campaign for re-election,” Durbin said during an interview in downtown Chicago.

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Dan Mihalopoulos |Dave McKinney

Yusef Jackson — a son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and brother of U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill. — invested in a company that has profited for more than a decade from a controversial, lucrative arrangement with the state of Illinois, records show. The financial interest of Yusef Jackson surfaced recently in court records in a federal civil case involving Vendor Assistance Program LLC.

4 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Dave McKinney

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told a Chicago audience of business executives Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are “highly likely” to trigger inflation in a hawkish warning of darkening economic conditions for the country.