Lawmakers and Moms

PEORIA – The average cost of child care is more than it costs to send your kids to college. Local moms, college students and community leaders are fighting to level the playing field.  They were in East Peoria Monday at Illinois Central College. U.S. Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and Illinois Democratic Representative Cheri Bustos joined […]

Economic summit focuses on collaboration

Collaboration was identified as a key for future economic growth in Illinois during an economic summit held Thursday at Augustana College, Rock Island. The second annual “Economic Summit, Partnering for Illinois’ Manufacturing Future” was hosted by U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill. It featured a panel of manufacturing and economic development representatives who spoke to an audience of business, community, school […]

Bradley panelists agreed on Digital Lab’s potential

PEORIA — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-East Moline, headed a panel at Bradley University on Wednesday to help kick off the next industrial revolution. That’s how Bustos described the impact that the new Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute would have on the state. The Digital Lab for Manufacturing, […]