Author Archives: TJ Carson
Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email, publish photos and documents
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Iran-linked hackers have broken into FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the ha...
Mar 27, 2026 The website used by the Handala Hack Team, an Iran-linked hacker group which has claimed credit for the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, is shown on a screen in Washington D.C., U.S., March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Raphael Satter
Rideshare driver unionization, human composting bills among 264 to advance
Article Summary Friday marked the House's deadline to pass bills out of committee, with lawmakers sending more than 260 bills to the floor this week. Initiatives such as allowing rideshare drivers to ...
Mar 27, 2026 Rep. Yolanda Morris, D-Chicago, speaks at a committee meeting considering her rideshare unionization bill. House committees passed over 200 bills out of committee this week. Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert.
US House Republicans reject Senate deal to restore airport security funding
March 27 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday rejected a bipartisan Senate compromise to end a six-week partial government shutdown, raising the prospect that ...
Mar 27, 2026 Passengers wait in line to access a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint inside the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Former WTVP finance director dismissed from lawsuit
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The former finance director for WTVP has been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by the station and its insurance company. 25 News reports Lin McLaughlin was part of the suit that...
Mar 26, 2026 (25 News)
Business dreams on display at Bradley University's Big Idea Innovation Expo
PEORIA, Ill. - The entrepreneurial hopes and dreams of Bradley students were on display Thursday afternoon. Nearly 20 student-led business ideas were on display at the Big Idea Innovation Expo at the ...
Mar 26, 2026 Abby Rybicki (center) speaks about her product, Flash Frames, at Bradley University's Big Idea Innovation Expo on March 26th, 2026. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Two arrested after alleged East Peoria home invasion and Peoria standoff
UPDATED 8:58 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two men were arrested in Peoria after an alleged armed home invasion incident in East Peoria. East Peoria Police says 68-year-old Larry Wallace and 37-year-old Gabriel...
Mar 26, 2026
University funding overhaul bill advances in House despite U of I opposition
Article Summary The bill calls for annual increases in university funding of $135 million each year over the next several years, with priority for new money given to schools that are currently the mos...
Mar 26, 2026 Nicholas Jones, left, executive vice president of the University of Illinois System, testifies before a House Committee opposing a bill to overhaul the way Illinois funds public universities. Also testifying in favor of the bill are Southern Illinois University System President Daniel Mahoney, center, and Eastern Illinois University President Jay Gatrell. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Illinois House committee advances bill banning immigration detention centers near homes, schools
Article Summary An Illinois House committee advanced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from operating an immigration detention center within 1,500 feet of any home, school, daycare cen...
Mar 26, 2026 House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch presents his bill to limit where federal immigration centers can be placed in Illinois to a House committee on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Lawmakers advance Pritzker's cell phone ban, social media regulations
Article Summary Several prongs of Gov. JB Pritzker's legislative agenda began to move this week. Those include youth social media protections, a ban on cell phones in classrooms and allowing some comm...
Mar 25, 2026 Visual: Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from reporters during Agriculture Day at the Illinois Capitol on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Body of man missing since January found in building in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - A body found in a building in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood on Tuesday is that of a man that was reported missing at the start of the year. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says t...
Mar 25, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
