By Robby Dorman  Illinois congressional representatives delivered sharply divergent reactions Thursday, March 20, to President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the closure of the U.S. Department of Education,...

SPRINGFIELD – Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) announced the start of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for high school students in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District. The winning submission...

By Crystal Reed Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski is a native of downstate Illinois and U.S. Representative for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District. After graduating from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,...

ALTON – In February, House Republicans passed a budget proposal that would force up to $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid and raise the federal deficit by more...

By John Badman ALTON — Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) held a roundtable discussion Thursday morning at IMPACT in Alton, a center of assistance for those with disabilities. The...

On March 18, 2025, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02) reintroduced the bipartisan Tools Tax Deduction Act to allow apprenticeship employees and construction workers to...

By Liz Crampton and Danny Nguyen STEEL DISTRICTS: Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski has joined other House colleagues from steel-producing districts in a letter to President Donald Trump, saying...

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) released the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Order directing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to shut down the Department...