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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) speaks at an event in January. On Thursday, Biss released a statement urging citizens to support a bill on gun dealer licensing he plans to introduce in the Illinois State Senate.

Biss, NRA release statements on Las Vegas shooting

October 6, 2017

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) released a statement Thursday encouraging citizens to support a bill on gun dealer licensing he plans to introduce in the Illinois State Senate. Biss said the bill...

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) speaks at a 2016 event. She, along with more than 180 other congressmen, wrote a letter to President Trump urging him to recertify the Iran nuclear deal.

Schakowsky, Democratic congressmen urge Trump to recertify Iran deal

October 4, 2017

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) joined more than 180 members of Congress in urging President Donald Trump in a Wednesday letter to recertify the Iran nuclear deal ahead of an upcoming Oct. 15 deadline. The...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks. Durbin, along with U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Angus King (I-Maine), introduced a bill that would make college textbooks free and downloadable.

Durbin introduces bill to make textbooks free to public

September 26, 2017

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) reintroduced a bill Tuesday that would make college textbooks free to the public, expanding access to a costly resource for many college students. The legislation, which...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2015. Durbin, along with Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) wrote a letter urging Republican leaders to provide greater disaster relief to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Durbin, Duckworth call on GOP leaders to provide greater hurricane disaster relief

September 26, 2017

Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) published a letter Tuesday calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to provide greater disaster...

President Donald Trump at an event celebrating his victory last year. Three Illinois gubernatorial candidates have called for Trump to be impeached.

Illinois gubernatorial candidates call for Trump’s impeachment

May 18, 2017

Three Illinois gubernatorial candidates have called on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump in a series of statements released over the past week. State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), J.B. Pritzker...

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