Author Archives: TJ Carson
Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition by invoking Nazis' rise to power
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A month into President Donald Trump's second term in the White House, Gov. JB Pritzker last week warned that the breakneck pace at which the Trump administr...
Feb 25, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker enters the House chamber on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, for his annual budget address. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Pair charged by Peoria County grand jury in connection to December death of 13-month-old
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted two people for First Degree Murder in connection to the death of a 13-month-old. 27-year-old Nausicca Thomas and and 26-year-old Tasheaunna Willi...
Feb 25, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/Right: Tasheaunna Williams Left: Nausicca Thomas)
US, Ukraine agree to terms of critical minerals deal
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. and Ukraine have agreed on the terms of a draft minerals deal central to Kyiv's push to win Washington's support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the...
Feb 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Trump, Macron display stark differences on Ukraine despite friendly veneer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron displayed stark differences on Monday in their approach to Ukraine, exposing a divide between the United States ...
Feb 24, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 24, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Peoria public television station WTVP closer to compliance with Corporation for Public Broadcasting
PEORIA, Ill. - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says Peoria public television station WTVP is nearly in the clear. CEO and President Jenn Gordon says WTVP received a determination letter Thursd...
Feb 24, 2025 (25 News)
US Supreme Court rebuffs free speech challenge to abortion clinic buffer zones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the legality of buffer zones used to protect access to abortion clinics and limit harassment of patients in a ch...
Feb 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A sign just over the Missouri-Illinois border welcomes women to Illinois, where abortion is legal, unlike in the neighboring state of Missouri, near St. Louis, in Illinois, U.S., May 15, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Peoria primary voter turnout low as election day nears
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria voters will be going to the polls on Tuesday, but not many of them are casting their ballots. Tuesday's primary elections in the city will decide the two finalists in races for m...
Feb 24, 2025 (Julia Bradley & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
Roberta Flack, American singer and Grammy winner, dies aged 88
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roberta Flack, the silky-voiced Grammy-winning singer whose sultry ballads "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song" topped the charts in the 197...
Feb 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: 62nd Grammy Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 – Roberta Flack. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Lawmakers weigh whether to legalize 'medical aid in dying'
CHICAGO - Lawmakers are considering legalizing a controversial medical practice that proponents say could ease suffering for the terminally ill. It's sometimes called "assisted suicide," although phys...
Feb 24, 2025 Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora, speaks at a legislative hearing on a bill that would legalize “medical aid in dying.” (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Washington mayoral candidates discuss amphitheater project at debate
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The proposed amphitheater project in Washington was one of the topics of Saturday's mayoral debate in the city. City council members Lili Stevens and Mike Brownfield are vying for t...
Feb 23, 2025 (League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria)
