Author Archives: TJ Carson
Harris proposes smaller hike in capital gains tax than Biden
NORTH HAMPTON, New Hampshire (Reuters) -Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday proposed raising the capital gains tax rate for those earning $1 million or more to 28%, instead of...
Sep 04, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on September 4, 2024. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
Netanyahu says Israel will not leave Gaza border corridor until it is secure
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel will only agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza that guarantees the border area between southern Gaza and...
Sep 04, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands before a map showing the Gaza Strip, during a press conference for the international media at the Government Press office in Jerusalem, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, 04 September 2024. ABIR SULTAN/Pool via REUTERS
East Peoria amends public property camping ordinance
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Following in the footsteps of cities such as Peoria and Pekin, East Peoria is amending city ordinances and code to try and ban homeless encampments. The city council Tuesday night ...
Sep 04, 2024 (City of East Peoria)
Federal judge rejects Illinois' bid to end court oversight of disability programs
(Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Friday denied Illinois' request to end court oversight of its disability services. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, with the U.S. District Court for the North...
Sep 04, 2024 Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois ruled against the state of Illinois’ request to end court oversight of its disability services. (Illustration by Capitol News Illinois, with highlight added)
UPDATE: Peoria Police release photos of suspect accused of stealing vehicle with child inside it, vehicle recovered
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say the Kia Seltos was recovered at around 12:30 P.M. on Wildwood Court, just off Farmington Road. The suspect still remains at large. ------------------...
Sep 04, 2024 (Peoria Police)
Republican-led US states sue over new Biden student debt relief plan
(Reuters) -Seven Republican-led states on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to challenge President Joe Biden's administration's latest student debt forgiveness plan, saying the U.S. Department of Education was ...
Sep 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A sign calling for student loan debt relief is seen in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to reinstate his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Two ordered to remain in custody following fatal shooting in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were ordered to remain in jail Tuesday in connection to a shooting death in downtown Peoria last week. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says petitions to detain 40...
Sep 03, 2024 Mugshots of Lacorles Edwards and Walter Dearmond. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State law banning concealed carry on public transit ruled unconstitutional
ROCKFORD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge in Rockford has declared a state law banning concealed firearms on public transit systems unconstitutional - at least as it applies to four ind...
Sep 03, 2024 A Chicago Transit Authority train is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Bird with West Nile found in Tazewell County
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Officials in Tazewell County say a bird collected has tested positive for West Nile Virus. The county health department says the bird was found in Washington on August 21st and sent...
Sep 03, 2024 Tim Sheerman-Chase / CC
US gasoline slumps to near 3-year low on end of driving season, oil slump
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline futures fell nearly 6% on Tuesday to their lowest since December 2021, as the end of the driving season weighed on demand for the motor fuel amid a sell-off in the b...
Sep 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A gas pump is inserted inside an Audi vehicle at a Mobil gas station in Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, U.S., March 10, 2022. Picture taken March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
