Duckworth proposes increased funding for on-campus child care
Benjamin Conboy, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2019
Filed under News
Sen. Tammy Duckworth unveiled her plan to increase a federal grant for colleges to create child care programs for students with children Friday, and spoke directly to DePaul, which does not have child care facilities for students on campus. DePaul only offers daycare facilities at the Ray Meyer Fitnes...
Duckworth reports $4.1 million third quarter haul, polls ahead of Kirk
October 7, 2016
Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s campaign for U.S. Senate raised a solid $4.1 million in the third fundraising quarter, the campaign announced Thursday. Read More »...
WATCH: Kirk ad attacks Duckworth over lawsuit
September 19, 2016
Filed under Politics
Proving the issue is not dead yet, Sen. Mark Kirk is out with a new ad featuring two Illinois Dept. of Veterans Affairs employees at the center of a wrongful termination lawsuit against Rep. Tammy Duckworth. The ad features the two women who allege that Duckworth, then the director of the stat...
Duckworth hits Trump in DNC speech
July 29, 2016
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Senate hopeful and incumbent U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D – 8th) described GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump as “not fit to be Commander-in-Chief” Thursday evening as she spoke to Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Duckworth, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot who lost ...
DePolitics: Obama, Clinton to campaign Tuesday; Duckworth, Kirk march
July 4, 2016
Filed under Politics
President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail in North Carolina with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Tuesday, marking their first public appearance together this cycle and a move towards building momentum ahead of the Democratic convention later this month. The two were initially...