Author Archives: TJ Carson
Illinois' minimum wage to increase to $15 on Jan. 1, completing 6-year transition
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The minimum wage in Illinois will increase to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the increase was approved in 2019. Beginn...
Dec 26, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker holds a shirt commemorating the movement to raise the minimum wage to $15 after signing the bill on February 20, 2019. The wage hits $15 in 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US holiday retail sales stronger than last year with online boost, Mastercard says
(Reuters) -U.S. retail sales rose 3.8% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, as intense promotion to drum up sales in what was expected to be a highly competitive holiday season for retailers prompted last-minu...
Dec 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An item depicting Santa Claus hangs in a gift shop, in Bryant Park, in New York City, New York U.S., December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kent Edwards/File Photo
New stores planned for Pekin's East Court Village next year
PEKIN, Ill. - Three new retailers are planned for Pekin's East Court Village in 2025. Cullinan Properties announced this week that Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls, and Five Below are scheduled to open ...
Dec 26, 2024 (Cullinan Properties)
Russia: It's up to Trump team to make first move to improve ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia is willing to work with Donald Trump's incoming administration to improve relations if the U.S. has serious intentions to do so but it is up to Washington to make the first mo...
Dec 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks to the media as he attends the 31st Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council in Ta'Qali, Malta, Dec. 5, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo
Hamas and Israel blame each other for ceasefire delay
DUBAI/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel traded blame on Wednesday over their failure to conclude a ceasefire agreement despite progress reported by both sides...
Dec 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The silhouettes of a military vehicle and a soldier are seen near the Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Mother and daughter die in fiery I-74 crash early Sunday morning near Brimfield
BRIMFIELD, Ill. - A mother and daughter from Ohio died in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 74 near Brimfield early Sunday morning. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 41-year-old Leila Mohama...
Dec 23, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year's Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those include some of the defining bills of...
Dec 23, 2024 Nearly 300 new laws will take effect in Illinois in 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US House report finds Matt Gaetz paid thousands for sex and drugs, media reports say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House Ethics Committee has found that former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for drugs and sex, including with a 17-year-old gi...
Dec 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks ahead of a visit by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump during the AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central Ame...
Dec 23, 2024 Panama Canal, August 12, 2024. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun
Peoria gas prices fall slightly, state prices increase
PEORIA, Ill. - The price at the pump in the Peoria area has dipped slightly before the presents are unwrapped. GasBuddy reports an average of $3.14/g for unleaded on Monday, down 2.1 cents in the past...
Dec 23, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
