Lauren Underwood

It’s officially a race for Sen. Dick Durbin’s seat with U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly announcing her candidacy Tuesday, joining Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton.

A large crowd turned out Thursday to DeKalb High School for legislative updates with U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood. She spoke on several topics including immigration and whether she's considering a Senate run for retiring Democrat Dick Durbin's seat.

Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet will be closing down its inpatient pediatric unit but will continue to provide emergency services for pediatric patients, Prime Healthcare said.

More than 100 people from 34 counties became new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Joliet at the Rialto Square Theatre on Thursday.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois hosted a naturalization ceremony in which 105 new citizens from 34 countries were sworn in as United States citizens at the Rialto Square Theater in Joliet on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton continued their “Standing Up for Illinois” statewide tour Thursday with a stop in Romeoville alongside U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood and advocates from Will County senior and disability organizations.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker spoke in Romeoville Thursday alongside Congresswoman Lauren Underwood and local advocates to criticize the Trump administration's proposed cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Several members of the suburban delegation to Congress won’t attend Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday

Democratic representatives Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten have proposed legislation that would raise the amount of state and local taxes that can be deducted from federal tax returns

Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, will retain her seat as seat in the Illinois 14th Congressional district, according to The Associated Press which called the race for Underwood in the early morning hours Wednesday.

A national tour addressing the maternal health crisis in the U.S. made its latest stop in Joliet.

Should Congress act to ensure fertility treatments, like IVF, remain available in the future? Lauren Underwood: There is no doubt that reproductive freedom is under threat from extreme MAGA republicans who want to control women.

The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution honoring a Muslim child who was stabbed to death in Plainfield Township in October 2023.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood visited the Kane County Health Department to discuss the Kane Kares program and to further her efforts in enhancing maternal and infant health programs.

With topics ranging from climate change to health care and national debt, U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, answered questions from more than 25 attendees during the third of four planned summer town halls Thursday evening at DeKalb High School.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, will be in DeKalb Thursday for a town hall, and area community members are invited. The town hall kicks off at 6 p.m. Thursday at DeKalb High School.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, also talked about gun violence concerns at town hall in Joliet Wednesday evening.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, was joined Monday by a Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation official at a packed public meeting to address some residents’ concerns over the tribe’s yearslong effort to reclaim hundreds of acres of stolen land in Shabbona.

Congresswoman Lauren Underwood plans to hold four town halls across the 14th Congressional District in August. The first forum will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Bicentennial Park in Joliet.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, will be in Shabbona Monday to discuss federal action that has affected the relationship between Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and DeKalb County residents. The public is invited.

One Illinois Democrat senator said she'll always support the role of "the people in the process of selecting a new nominee and am anxiously awaiting to see who the elected delegates choose.”

Here is some of the reaction from local representatives of La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties after what law enforcement officials are treating as an assassination attempt on former president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

U. S. Rep.Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, has announced a new round of federal funding she has secured for Joliet, Lockport and Naperville in the 14th District

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood D-Naperville, toured the Kendall County Food Pantry in Yorkville on Monday, praising the work done there. “It can be very difficult for these type of organizations to get money for structural improvements,” said Underwood.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, visited Hinckley this week to help mark the library’s new downtown move, bolstered by more than $1 million in federal aid to relocate the library to a 6,000-square-foot downtown space, 142 W. Lincoln Ave.

Congresswoman Lauren Underwood presented Pace bus officials with a check for more than $800,000 for the purchase of a new electric bus for use on the express I-55 service to Chicago on Monday.

Village officials in Plainfield were joined by state and federal elected leaders in breaking ground on the East Extension of 143rd Street Monday.

Two years after U.S. Supreme Court justices overturned federal abortion protections in Roe v. Wade, some women voters and organizers said they fear what reproductive measures could be targeted next by conservative lawmakers.

Residents of Joliet recognized Juneteenth on Wednesday by breaking ground on a new museum commemorating Black military service members at the historic Casseday House on the city's east side.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, will speak at an abortion rights rally Saturday in DeKalb, planned to help mobilize voters to support candidates in November who back reproductive rights, organizers said.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood joined a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the restoration of the ecosystem at the Prairie Bluff Nature Preserve in Crest Hill and and Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve in Lockport Township.

The $2,640,000 would go toward supporting the construction of the three receiving stations, which are integral to the success of the Lake Michigan Water Source Project

Housing Authority of Joliet gets $2.7 million in latest round of federal public housing funding.

U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced a new round of federal funding she has secured for health care organizations

U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced a new round of federal funding she has secured for health care organizations in the 14th Congressional District.

Illinois District 14 Representative Lauren Underwood announced $75 million in green job funding for a Plainfield manufacturing facility on Monday.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, celebrated the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act with area residents at the DeKalb Public Library over the weekend.

Congresswoman Lauren Underwood will be in DeKalb Saturday for an event to mark the 14th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

James Marter held a strong lead over Charlie Kim in the Republican primary for Illinois’ 14th Congressional District seat as early results were tabulated Tuesday night.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza stood at the podium in front of nearly 400 Democrats at the Q Center in St. Charles and declared that Kane County was officially blue.

DeKalb-based Safe Passage Inc. recently was awarded $2.5 million in federal funding, along with more than $1 million to the Hinckley Public Library, part of a $12.6 million federal funding package secured with help from Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’s office.

Congresswoman tours Joliet facilities for WIC program and discuss health issues.

Four congressional candidates running for seats serving the North, West and Northwest suburbs could be kept off the March 2024 primary ballot if formal complaints about their nominating petitions are upheld.

The last day of petition filing for Illinois’ March 2024 primary election has seen two hopefuls added to the list of congressional candidates seeking to serve the North, West or Northwest suburbs.

The event will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Halloween at University Village, 722 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb, according to a news release.

VNA Health Care held the grand opening of its Joliet clinic Tuesday with elected officials.

The accolade bestowed by the Congressional Management Foundation recognizes Underwood and her office’s service, responsiveness and accessibility to residents of Illinois’ 14th District.

Congresswoman Lauren Underwood responded to questions about social security, healthcare, women’s reproductive rights and student debt DeKalb, kicking off a month long trek through her congressional district.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) announced she is hosting a Summer Town Hall series in every county of Illinois’ 14th District, which consists of DeKalb, La Salle, Will, Kane, Kendall, Putnam and Bureau counties.

Members of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation have asked the DeKalb County Board to jointly leave a 2008 intergovernmental agreement that had formerly established how 1,280 acres of land in southern DeKalb County was governed.