Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US Justice Department cleared to send election monitors to Texas, Missouri
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has been cleared to send lawyers to polling sites in Missouri and Texas on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws after th...
Nov 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Voters line up at a Ferguson polling station during Election Day in Missouri, U.S., November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo
Jury sees more evidence surrounding payments to Madigan campaign worker ousted for sexual harassment
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - On the eve of his retirement announcement in late 2016, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain wrote letters to longtime colleagues, expressing his appreciation fo...
Nov 05, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Oct. 31. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
First West Nile-related death reported in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The first human death this year caused by West Nile Virus has been reported in Tazewell County. County health officials say the individual was in their 70s and had onset sympto...
Nov 05, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Why voters in a handful of swing states will decide the US presidential election
(Reuters) -The winner of November's U.S. presidential election will govern a nation of more than 330 million people, but the contest will almost certainly be decided by just tens of thousands of voter...
Nov 05, 2024 A voting sign sits outside of a voting location to let people know where to go as Georgians turned out a day after the battleground state opened early voting, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner
Two residents displaced in Peoria fire Monday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home in the 300 block of East Forrest Hill Monday evening on reports of a fire. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says crews arrived around 5 p.m., ...
Nov 05, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Voters turning out in communities across central Illinois on Election Day
UPDATE 2:17 P.M. PEORIA/CHILLICOTHE/WASHINGTON, Ill. - Voters are making their way to the polls on Election Day as they vote on a wide range of candidates and issues. For some people, such as John Spr...
Nov 05, 2024
Control of US Congress at stake in tight election battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Control of the U.S. Congress is at stake on Tuesday in elections that could flip both the House of Representatives and the Senate, while still leaving Capitol Hill divided betwee...
Nov 05, 2024 A man wears an hat with stickers, on Election Day for the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Boeing strike ends as workers accept new contract
SEATTLE (Reuters) -Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers accepted a new contract offer on Monday, ending a bitter seven-week strike that halted most jet production and deepened a financial crisis a...
Nov 05, 2024 Jon Holden, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751, announces that union members voted to approve a new contract proposal from Boeing while addressing members at a union hall in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 4, 2024. REUTERS/David Ryder
Free rides to the polls with Peoria's CityLink
PEORIA, Ill. - Need a ride to the polls in Peoria? CityLink is offering free rides on its buses to help citizens get out and vote Saturday, November 2 through Election Day. Election Commission Executi...
Nov 02, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Will Stevenson)
Trump, Harris head to North Carolina in US election campaign's final weekend
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump head to North Carolina on Saturday to try to clinch support in the southeastern battleground state just three days before Tuesd...
Nov 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a campaign rally at the Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S., October 30, 2024. REUTERS/Jay Paul/File Photo
