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Local activists react to new hate crime measure: Lynching added to list of hate crimes

By Joel Kottman, Staff Reporter
April 25, 2022
Pulliam Hall towers over the Carbondale skyline on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

Pro Act would swing workplace rights in favor of unions

By Jason Flynn, Staff Reporter
April 2, 2021
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee on the the January 6th Insurrection, domestic terrorism and other threats,Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

FBI director says Capitol riot was ‘domestic terrorism’

By Del Quentin Wilber, Los Angeles Times, Tribune Content Agency
March 2, 2021
Protesters gather on the second day of pro-Trump events fueled by President Donald Trumps continued claims of election fraud in an attempt to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.Protesters gather on the second day of pro-Trump events fueled by President Donald Trumps continued claims of election fraud in an attempt to overturn the results before Congress finalizes them in a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Gov. JB Pritzker calls for immediate impeachment and removal of Trump

By Kallie Cox, Editor-in-Chief
January 6, 2021
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin poses for a portrait following a Shelia Simon campaign stop at Morris Library in Carbondale. Durbin joined Simon, who is running for the 58th Illinois State Senate District, in encouraging students to take advantage of early voting opportunities. (Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko)

Sen. Dick Durbin discusses COVID-19 and the election with young Democrats

By Ryan Scott and Oreoluwa Ojewuyi
September 1, 2020
Local polling stations across hold voting for the Presidential Primary Election on Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2020 in Waverly, IL.

Primary results amid the pandemic: Biden claims the most Illinois delegates

By Kallie Cox, News Editor
March 18, 2020
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) walks to the senate chamber prior to voting against a Skinny Repeal bill which would repeal The Affordable Care Act on July 28, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The Republican bill failed 49-51 with McCain, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alasaka voting no alongside Democrats. (Alex Edelman/ZUma Press/TNS)

McCain’s surprise vote doomed GOP health care bill, but did it open the door for Senate bipartisanship?

By Lisa Mascaro | Tribune Washington Bureau
July 28, 2017
Sen. Dick Durbin answers a question Friday, April 21, 2017, during a town hall meeting in the universitys Lesar Law Building. About 140 people came to hear the senator discuss national, regional and state issues. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

Sen. Durbin holds town hall at Lesar Law Building

By Bill Lukitsch
April 21, 2017
Turkish experts evacuate a victim of a suspected chemical weapons attacks in the Syrian city of Idlib, at a local hospital in Reyhanli on April 4, 2017. At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in north-western Syria, a monitoring group says. Around 30 Turkish ambulances gathered at the border in Hatay province for medical evacuation of victims after Syria toxic gas attack, to be brought to Turkey. (Ferhat Dervisoglu/Depo Photos/Zuma Press/TNS)

After Syria strike, Trump administration talks tough

By John T. Bennett | CQ-Roll Call
April 11, 2017
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, left, and State Senate candidate Shelia Simon laugh during a Simon campaign stop at Morris Library in Carbondale. (Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko)

Sheila Simon, Sen. Dick Durbin talk budget impasse, early voting at SIU

By Daily Egyptian staff
October 25, 2016
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and President Barack Obama stop at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Ill., on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Dick Durbin, Sheila Simon to talk budget impasse, early voting at SIU

October 24, 2016
Obama makes his case at U. of C. for Supreme Court nominee

Obama makes his case at U. of C. for Supreme Court nominee

By Kim Geiger and Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune
April 8, 2016
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