Dirksen Congressional Center

The Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin kicks off its 50th anniversary celebration with a public open house reception on Tuesday. The event commemorates the exact day in 1975 when President Gerald Ford officially dedicated the nation’s only independent congressional research center and archive.

One of the lesser-known names of the civil rights movement will be in the spotlight this Friday in Peoria.

A new partnership between Bradley University and the Dirksen Congressional Center will provide students a fully-funded opportunity to intern in a congressional office.

Congress could use fewer showhorses, and more workhorses.That's according to Sean Q Kelly. He's a political science professor at California State…