U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos presented a ceremonial $500,000 check to Illinois Central College on Thursday to jump start the "Peoria Cradle to Career" initiative aimed at addressing the critical needs of Peoria's 61605 zip code.

U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood and Cheri Bustos highlighted a $15 million grant toward a new air traffic control tower at Peoria International Airport, then celebrated $4.5 million in funding for the Peoria Ag Lab.

Republican Esther Joy King is running for a second time, coming off a better-than-expected showing as a first-time challenger in 2020, while a crowded field has six Democrats vying for the party’s nomination to succeed U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos in the redrawn 17th Congressional District.

With less than a year remaining on her final term, U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos is reflecting on what makes her the most proud about her decade in Congress, and offers some advice to her successor, whoever that may be.

Thanks to a $1 million federal grant secured by U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, demolition of the 121-year-old former Harrison School is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Moline, and other Illinois lawmakers have called for townships to be included in federal COVID-19 recovery assistance, and some…

UPDATED 7:15 P.M. | U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Moline) has been declared the winner in the race for the 17th District seat, but Republican challenger…

UPDATED 1:15 A.M. | Illinois voters appear to have given U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos a fifth term representing the 17th Congressional District.While the race…

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos is withdrawing from a statewide panel studying sexual harassment and discrimination to allow it to be more independent. The…

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos have written a letter to the Department of Justice in an effort to keep a hiring freeze from affecting…