Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Pritzker tax summaries show more than $10M in 2024 income - not including trusts
Article Summary JB and MK Pritzker reported earning $10.7 million in 2024, according to tax returns released by Pritzker's campaign. The year ranks as the Pritzkers' second-highest earning year since ...
Oct 16, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker and wife MK are pictured at an event at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield in April 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Shutdown could cost US economy $15 billion a week, Treasury says
Washington (Reuters) -The two-week-old federal government shutdown may cost the U.S. economy as much as $15 billion a week in lost output, a Treasury official said late on Wednesday, correcting an ear...
Oct 16, 2025 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks as he and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer hold a press conference on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Echevarria: Illinois' justice system is broken, but Peoria has to be part of ending juvenile violence
PEORIA, Ill. - In the wake of the recent shooting death of a 15-year-old boy and other violent crimes involving teens in Peoria, the police chief says the incidents are taking a toll on his officers. ...
Oct 15, 2025 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria in the WMBD Radio Studios. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
Israel says it expects Hamas to fulfil its obligation and return all hostages
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel expects Palestinian militant group Hamas to return the remaining hostages to Israel, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Under a U.S.-brokered plan, Hamas released ...
Oct 15, 2025 A man prays as people gather at "Hostages Square" to await the expected return of Israeli hostages, who have been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Sheriff's Office: Peoria's Last Chance Bar & Grill vandalized overnight
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office reports that the Last Chance Bar & Grill, on W. Second Street in Peoria was vandalized early Wednesday morning. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkin...
Oct 15, 2025 Last Chance Bar & Grill was vandalized early Wednesday morning. Damage is estimated at $100,000. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Trump administration says 4,108 workers have been fired since shutdown began
(Reuters) -The number of U.S. federal worker layoffs as a result of the government shutdown was revised downward on Tuesday, suggesting the Trump administration's initial statement about sweeping job ...
Oct 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens during an announcement about lowering U.S. drug prices, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 10, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said, the latest such operation in recent weeks as the...
Oct 15, 2025 A boat burns off the coast of Venezuela in this screen grab taken from a video released October 14, 2025, depicting what U.S. President Donald Trump said on a post on Truth Social was a U.S. strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat. Donald Trump via Truth Social/via REUTERS
Report offers mixed review of educational progress in Illinois
Story summary: Advance Illinois' biennial report, "The State We're In," tracks educational progress across the entire spectrum, from early childhood through career preparation. The latest report shows...
Oct 14, 2025 Students do math problems at an elementary school in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Trump to award Charlie Kirk top honor amid crackdown on left-wing groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is set to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a White House ceremo...
Oct 14, 2025 Objects are placed near an image, at a prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk, a U.S. right-wing activist and commentator, and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, who was killed on September 10, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Lauren Owens Lambert
White House budget office says it is preparing to 'ride out' shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House Office of Management and Budget said on Tuesday it was making preparations "to batten down the hatches and ride out" the federal government shutdown, while contin...
Oct 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 20, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohat/File Photo
