CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 31 -- The Citizens Utility Board, a nonpartisan consumer watchdog group that advocates for utility customers, issued the following news release: * * * Oct. 29, 2026 AS PEOPLES GAS PARENT ANNOUNCES 43.5% PROFIT JUMP, ADVOCATES DELIVER 10,000+ PUBLIC COMMENTS CALLING FOR REJECTION OF PEOPLES' $144M RATE-HIKE REQUEST Three years after record-setting Peoples Gas rate hike, advocates say far too many Chicagoans are in crisis and they worry about the well-being of families this winter if utility gets $144 million increase  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: LaHood Secures Two DOT Awards for Grundy and Peoria County Projects * Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that two critical federal investments will be coming to Illinois' 16th District. $11,250,000 was awarded for Peoria Multimodal River Terminal Project and $10,987,800 awarded for the Grundy County Multimodal Terminal Expansion Project, both of which Congressman LaHood advocated for. "I am thril more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (TNSida) -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Krishnamoorthi Leads Ten Colleagues in Challenging Trump Administration's 255-Character Rule That Could Delay School Funding * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) led ten fellow lawmakers in challenging a new Trump administration requirement forcing schools and other Department of Education grant recipients to provide a written justification of no more than 255 characters every time they request payment from previ more PR