Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US Senate to vote on bill to rein in Trump tariffs as economy contracts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate was poised on Wednesday to vote on a resolution to block a host of President Donald Trump's tariffs, hours after the federal government reported that the nation's...
Apr 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks, as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Driver of deadly crash at after-school camp is a former State Police employee
CHATHAM (Capitol News Illinois) - The driver of a vehicle involved in a deadly crash Monday at an after-school program formerly worked for the Illinois State Police, the agency investigating the crash...
Apr 30, 2025 Tracks through a farmer’s field show the path of a black Jeep that hit a building housing an after-school program in Chatham. The Jeep was driven by Marianne Akers, a former employee of the Illinois State Police. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Firefighters battle early morning fire in Peoria, two injured
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a structure fire on Alexander Avenue early Wednesday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron says just after 2:30 a.m., crews found heavy smoke and...
Apr 30, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin mourns young men killed in double homicide
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin's junior football league field served as the site for a vigil Tuesday night to mourn two young men shot to death last week at a South Pekin home. Several hundred people, including ...
Apr 30, 2025 Friends and family of two young men killed in a South Pekin shooting last week were remembered Tuesday. (25 News)
Trump's first 100 days target diversity policies, civil rights protections
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office have featured an unapologetic assault on diversity and inclusion efforts, unraveling decades-old policies to remedy historical injusti...
Apr 30, 2025 A demonstrator speaks through a megaphone during 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
After-school programs continue push for state aid
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Advocates for after-school programs that provide tutoring, recreation and other services made their case again Tuesday for a $50 million state appropriation to re...
Apr 30, 2025 Susan Stanton, right, executive director of ACT Now, which advocates for after-school programs, testifies before a House committee in favor of a bill to earmark $50 million in the upcoming state budget to help fund those programs. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Trump to sign order granting some auto tariff relief, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to soften the impact of his automotive tariffs, the White House said. Administration officials said the moves would...
Apr 29, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Cars to be exported sit at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
US job openings fall in March; layoffs decline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. job openings dropped sharply in March, but a decline in layoffs suggested that the labor market remained on solid footing despite an ever-shifting tariffs policy casting a p...
Apr 29, 2025 A sign advertising job openings is seen outside of a Starbucks in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
US Supreme Court fight may shape Trump's ability to fire Fed chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When the U.S. Supreme Court rules on President Donald Trump's effort to remove two federal labor board members, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will be watching for clues abo...
Apr 29, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell, his nominee to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve moves to the podium at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
IDOT-Nighttime demolition of old eastbound span of McClugage Bridge completed
PEORIA, Ill. - The fourth blast in the demolition of the old eastbound McClugage Bridge happened late Monday night. The demolition was supposed to happen Wednesday, but the event was bumped up due to ...
Apr 29, 2025 After an demolition explosion, the center span of the old eastbound McClugage Bridge fell into the IL River Monday night. (25 News)
