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On Saturday, November 15th, the Office of Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth will be hosting a Service Academy Day at the Itasca Community Library – West Room at 500 W. Irving Park Road. This is an opportunity for students to learn about the Congressional Nomination Process and learn about the Service Academies. Students, parents, guidance counselors and school officials are welcome to attend.
ELGIN — Golf, gaming, arts, music, sports, restaurants and shopping are all things that can help attract tourism dollars to the region, those in the industry agreed during a roundtable discussion Wednesday.
Suburban Life
ELGIN – While partisan bickering in Washington might dominate the headlines, that doesn’t tell the whole story, U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield, and U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Hoffman Estates, told members of the Metro West Council of Government Thursday night.
ELGIN — Emily Grey, executive director at World Relief DuPage/Aurora, has two stories she shares to highlight the state of immigration reform in the U.S.
One is about a beautiful young woman from a mountain village. She was kidnapped to become the “girlfriend” for a unit of armed bandits. If she resisted, both she and her family would be killed, Grey said. The family ran.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL,8) called attention to the gender wage gap and federal legislation designed to help close it at a panel discussion in Hanover Park Thursday morning.
Veteran Pat Costley just wanted someone to listen to him.
He’s had issues with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for 30 plus years, way before the department came under scrutiny earlier this year.
“I’ve been waiting for someone to step forward,” Costley said. “It’s been messed up for a long time.”
WASHINGTON—Freshman Rep. Tammy Duckworth D-Ill., is a determined penny pincher, turning back to the U.S. Treasury $113,918.54 from her congressional office allowance.
That’s out of the $1,232,818 Duckworth was allocated in 2013 for what is called the Members’ Representational Allowance.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday to help prevent veteran suicides and reform the way the Veterans Affairs Department treats those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
The Fine Print: Rep. Tammy Duckworth is no stranger to realities of the Iraq war. She lives with the consequences every day, as a veteran who lost both legs when the National Guard helicopter she was piloting was shot down in Iraq.