Bobby Rush News

A little over 40 years ago my late father, Maryland State Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, III, was indicted for tax evasion by the IRS.

Gov. Pat Quinn formally requested federal flood assistance on Thursday, unleashing a bi-partisan push from the entire Illinois congressional delegation for President Barack Obama to declare 11 Illinois counties in need of disaster relief following torrential April downpours.

The debate over immigration reform has raised a question that's almost as challenging: What should we call the approximately 11 million people who are in the United States illegally? The term illegal immigrants has been used routinely and often considered neutral.

The Congressional Black Caucus Working Group on Prison Telecomm Reform is protesting high call costs for phone-homers behind bars.

The debate over immigration reform has raised a question that's almost as challenging: What should we call the approximately 11 million people who are in the United States illegally? The term illegal immigrants has been used routinely and often considered neutral.