Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to confirm Yellen as first female Treasury chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Janet Yellen won overwhelming Senate confirmation as the first woman to lead the U.S. Treasury on Monday, setting her quickly to work with Congress on coronavirus relief, review...
Jan 26, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be treasury secretary, speaks as Biden announces nominees and appointees to serve on his economic policy team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Biden overturns ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday overturned a controversial ban by his predecessor on transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military, a move that fulfills a campaign promise ...
Jan 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, after his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Region 2 returning to Phase 4 Restore Illinois mitigations
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health announced on Monday that Region 2, which includes Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties, will return to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois guidel...
Jan 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. Supreme Court ends anti-corruption lawsuits against Trump
(Reuters) - Five days after the end of Donald Trump's presidency, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday halted lawsuits accusing him of violating the U.S. Constitution's anti-corruption provisions by maint...
Jan 25, 2021 U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Tazewell Co. Coroner releases homicide autopsy results
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Coroner has released autopsy results related to a recent homicide case. Coroner Charles Hanley said that 50-year-old Mona Ellison's death was caused by blu...
Jan 25, 2021 (Peoria Police Department)
'We can't wait:' Biden administration fights for $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials in President Joe Biden's administration tried to head off Republican concerns that his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief proposal was too expensive on a Sunday call with R...
Jan 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during a COVID-19 response event as Vice President Kamala Harris listens at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
State COVID roundup 1/24: Illinois positivity rate 4.8%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 3,292 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 40 additional deaths. Between Saturday and Sunday, state ...
Jan 25, 2021 Midwest Communications
Trump's coming impeachment trial aggravates rift among Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coming second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly storming of the Capitol has aggravated a rift among his fellow Repub...
Jan 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) arrives at a luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
Arrest made in Peoria woman's death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have made an arrest in the death of 50-year-old Mona Ellison. The PPD's Criminal Investigations Division has identified the suspect as 42-year-old Christopher Sanders. Du...
Jan 22, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
U.S. House to deliver Trump impeachment to Senate on Monday: Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, rejecting Republican Se...
Jan 22, 2021 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) exits his office on his way to a photo-op with freshman senators at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
