Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria Public Schools provides international teachers to other districts
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools has made a huge turnaround from having educator shortages to a surplus thanks to international teachers. Now the district is sharing that wealth with other schools...
Jun 05, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump reinstates US travel ban, bars citizens of 12 countries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday banning the citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States, saying the move was needed to protect against...
Jun 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Afghan refugees queue outside a distribution and donation center at Liberty Village on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, U.S., December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Barbara Davidson/Pool/File photo
Trump directs probe into Biden's use of autopen, Biden says policy decisions were his
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump directed his White House counsel on Wednesday to investigate whether former President Joe Biden's aides covered up alleged mental decline and unlawful...
Jun 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: US President Joe Biden looks on as US President-elect Donald Trump arrives during the inauguration ceremony before Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. SAUL LOEB/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump tax-cut bill could cost $2.4 trillion, less than earlier forecast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday lowered its estimate how much President Donald Trump's tax-cut and spending bill will add to the national debt, saying it...
Jun 04, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speak to members of the media, on the day of a closed House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
With electric prices going up, advocates tried - and failed - to reform the energy sector
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Heading into the end of the legislative session, consumer advocates, renewable energy industry groups and environmental advocates were hopeful about a bill that w...
Jun 04, 2025 The Illinois Capitol, as seen from the lawn of the governor’s mansion a few blocks away in late May 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US private payrolls post smallest gain in over two years in May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private employers added the fewest number of workers in more than two years in May, but the data is probably not a true reflection of the labor market, which is gradually e...
Jun 04, 2025 A "Now Hiring" sign advertising jobs at a hand car wash is seen along a street in Miami, Florida, U.S. May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Trump says Fed's Powell must lower interest rate - Truth Social post
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday redoubled his calls for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, noting that payroll processing firm ADP reported that job creat...
Jun 04, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for the new U.S. ambassador to China, former U.S. Senator David Perdue, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Body found in rural Kewanee confirmed to be missing man
KEWANEE, Ill. - The Henry County Coroner has confirmed that a body found last week was that of a Kewanee man who recently went missing. As previously reported, 39-year-old Catrelle Reed went missing o...
Jun 04, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Familiar face to temporarily head up Peoria Heights Fire Department
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Peoria Heights has hired a former Peoria fire chief to temporarily lead its department. Tony Ardis tells 25 News he's willing to serve only on an interim basis to replace Dan De...
Jun 04, 2025 (25 News)
Over 30 employers expected at Goodwill's annual hiring event Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - Over 30 area employers will be at Goodwill Commons in Peoria this Friday, June 6th for their annual hiring event. Goodwill Employment Program Manager Kate Aukes says anyone looking for ...
Jun 03, 2025 Goodwill Commons is located at 2319 E. War Memorial Drive in Peoria.
