Author Archives: TJ Carson
US health department hands over Medicaid personal data to ICE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. health department is giving Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials access to the personal data of 79 million Medicaid enrollees to help them track down immigrants...
Jul 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Trump will not recommend special prosecutor in Epstein case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will not recommend appointing a special prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein case, his press secretary said on Thursday, amid pressure from some of his suppor...
Jul 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
New major at Bradley University gives engineering an artistic flair
PEORIA, Ill. - A new major being launched at Bradley University combines engineering with the arts. Starting in the fall 2025 semester, Bradley will offer Entertainment Engineering. It will focus on s...
Jul 17, 2025 (Bradley University)
Unemployment numbers fall in Illinois in June
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The state is reporting what it says is a record high in nonfarm payroll jobs in June. The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Thursday that 9,400 jobs were added i...
Jul 17, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Comptroller Mendoza won't run for reelection, opening up statewide office
Article Summary Susana Mendoza will not run for reelection as Illinois comptroller, the state's chief financial officer. She is rumored to be considering a run for Chicago mayor. Mendoza held the comp...
Jul 16, 2025 Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announces she will not seek reelection alongside her husband David Szostak. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Who is contributing to Illinois' U.S. Senate candidates?
Article Summary U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi raised the most money in the first quarter of fundraising for the 2026 Illinois Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and has already launched a TV ad. Lt. G...
Jul 16, 2025 U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly are pictured along with Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in file photos of Democratic party gatherings in Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Jerry Nowicki)
Two injured after Wednesday afternoon crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were taken to a local hospital for treatment after a Wednesday afternoon crash in Peoria. A Peoria Police spokesperson says the two-vehicle crash occurred just before 2:45 P....
Jul 16, 2025 Midwest Communications
Trump says he's 'not planning' to fire Fed's Powell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is not planning to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell even as he unleashed a fresh round of criticism against the central bank...
Jul 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looks on, on the day he testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Teenager arrested after allegedly firing weapon at individual in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old has been arrested after allegedly firing a weapon in Peoria Tuesday night. Officers responded to the area of Glenwood and Ayres just before 11:30 P.M. after reports that a...
Jul 16, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for SE Tazewell until 3:15 P.M.
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Lincoln IL 224 PM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025 The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Severe Thunde...
Jul 16, 2025
