House Bill 3885 would allow local home rule communities the ability to ban the use of ethylene oxide so that they can protect themselves when higher authorities won’t.

Even with the news that Sterigenics is shutting down, our fight over ethylene oxide is not over. While the Matt Haller Act, which became law in June, enacted the strongest restrictions…

House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) released the following statement on the news of Sterigenics not re-opening their Willowbrook facility…

House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) released the following statement on the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to approve the Sterigenics construction permit application: “The IEPA’s approval of the…

Tell the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to reject Sterigenics’ construction and operations permit applications!

Reducing, reusing, and restoring are the goals for Rep Jim Durkin’s and Senator John Curran’s upcoming “Go Green” Event in Homer Glen on September 28, 2019.  “The goal is to…

Between 2015 and 2018, opioid deaths in DuPage County almost doubled, from 51 reported deaths in 2015 to 98 deaths in 2018. In an effort to reverse this alarming trend,…

Western Springs, IL…. In light of today’s disappointing court ruling, Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) introduced new legislation that will give local municipalities the authority to ban…

State Representative Jim Durkin is seeking participants for his 82nd District Youth Council. The Council provides high school juniors and seniors an opportunity to learn about local and state government…

State Representative Jim Durkin welcomed students to an ice cream social in Burr Ridge last Friday to recognize their commitment to reading over the summer break. Each year, Rep. Durkin…