Cheri Bustos talks jobs, transportation during tour stops in central Illinois
On a tour of central Illinois on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos endorsed the idea of agencies partnering to meet the transportation needs of Fulton County residents. The East Moline Democrat is running for the 17th Congressional District against challenger Bobby Schilling, R-Rock Island. Her stop in Canton was her third in her daylong “Cheri […]
Party Lines Fall By Wayside For Bipartisan College Rape Bills
A flurry of legislation filed this week aiming to address college sexual assault suggests Republican lawmakers have ignored conservative pundits’ insistence there is no campus rape epidemic. A day after Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) unveiled their anticipated campus rape package, a House companion version was submitted Thursday afternoon with as many […]
Rep. Bustos Calling on Congress to Stay in Session
ROCKFORD (WIFR) — As lawmakers get ready for an August vacation. Local Congresswoman Cheri Bustos is saying “thanks but no thanks” “I know I speak for many when I say the health of the veterans who have served us so bravely should not be placed on hold while congress is away in August,” Bustos said. […]
Decades later, Korean war vet finally gets medals
ROCK FALLS – Air Force veteran Frank Ochoa Jr. woke up early Saturday morning knowing that a yearlong mission would soon be accomplished. Today was the day he would take his father, Frank Ochoa Sr., 86, of South Holland, to Rock Island to claim some honors that were long overdue. Frank Jr., of Rock Falls, […]