Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Harvard sues Trump administration for blocking enrollment of foreign students
Updated: 8:32 a.m. (Reuters) -Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday over its decision to revoke the Ivy League school's ability to enroll foreign students, ratcheting up White Hou...
May 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
US judge blocks Trump administration plan to gut Education Department
BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to reinstate more than 1,300 U.S. Department of Education employees whom Democratic-led states argued were being terminat...
May 22, 2025 Demonstrators attend a Defend Our Schools rally to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to shut down the U.S. Department of Education outside its building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Low weekly jobless claims point to stable US labor market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week, suggesting the economy maintained a steady pace of job growth in May, though it is be...
May 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Elite Safe School is making a difference in at-risk students lives
PEORIA, Ill. - As the school year comes to a close, a Peoria non-profit group can breathe a little easier with the states proving its programs are working for at-risk students. Elite Community Outreac...
May 22, 2025 Elite's Game Changers Safe School operates out of the second floor of the Peoria Dream Center. (25 News)
US House passes Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill, sends on to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping tax and spending bill that would enact much of President Donald Trump's policy agenda on Thursd...
May 22, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, 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
Lawmakers pass bills on AI community college instruction, food handling, school bus seat belts
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers approved measures limiting AI instruction at community colleges, requiring seat belts on school buses, and mandating food handlers receive certain aller...
May 22, 2025 State Sen. Mike Porfirio, D-Lyons Township, speaks on the Senate floor Wednesday in favor of his bill to limit the use of AI in community college instruction. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Two Israeli embassy staffers shot dead in downtown Washington, lone suspect held
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two Israeli embassy staffers, a young couple about to be engaged, were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, and a suspect who chanted pro-Palestine sl...
May 22, 2025 Police officers work at the site where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Trump administration drops police oversight spurred by Floyd, Taylor killings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is ending efforts to secure agreements for federal oversight of police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, despite a prior government fi...
May 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: United States Department of Justice logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
The Peoria Riverfront Market is back for another season
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's popular Riverfront Market returns this weekend. Sharon Gramm, who's been in charge of the market for 20 years, tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", they've got over 115 vendors this ye...
May 21, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Association)
Rep. Tipsword says Pretrial Fairness Act is the fault of the General Assembly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Last week, a Woodford County man was arrested after a lengthy investigation and the execution of a search warrant at his home. The Woodford County state's attorney charged 37-year-...
May 21, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
