Category Archives: Top Stories
As state Supreme Court weighs another BIPA lawsuit, lawmakers mull child data privacy framework
(Capitol News Illinois) - In Springfield on Thursday, the medical industry went to court. The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pair of class action suits brought by two suburban nurses...
Sep 22, 2023 The Illinois Supreme Court chamber is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Biden administration responds to calls from Pritzker, other leaders, for help in migrant crisis
SPRINGFIELD - The Department of Homeland Security will speed up the processing of work authorizations for asylum seekers and extend Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan migrants, actions that coul...
Sep 22, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker at a Chicago news conference, advocating for the federal U.S. Department of Homeland Security to allow Illinois and other states to sponsor work permits for asylum seekers and other long-term undocumented workers. (Screenshot via Illinois.gov)
US will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles, Biden tells Zelenskiy -NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has informed Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Washington will provide Kyiv with ATACMS long-range missiles, NBC News reported on Friday, citi...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is embraced by U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
FTC to file antitrust case against Amazon as soon as Tuesday - Politico
(Reuters) -The Federal Trade Commission will file a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon in federal court as soon as Tuesday, Politico reported on Friday, kicking off the latest leg in the US...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
One arrested, more wanted, following East Bluff shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is back in jail just a few months after being released following an arrest last year. Peoria Police say Adrin Terrell, 34, faces charges of Resisting Police, Unlawful Restr...
Sep 22, 2023 Adrin Terrell (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria to reveal draft of new strategic plan in virtual forums next week
PEORIA, Ill. - A draft of Peoria's new strategic plan is ready for the public. The city is hosting two virtual forums on Thursday, Sept. 28th, to let community members review and give input on the pla...
Sep 22, 2023 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. House Republicans try long-shot strategy to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday turned to a new strategy in a long-shot bid to prevent the fourth government shutdown in a decade, as time runs short ...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: US Senator Menendez hit with bribery charges over Egypt ties
UPDATED 2:14 P.M. NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged powerful Senator Bob Menendez and his wife with taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, which could complic...
Sep 22, 2023 U.S. Senator Robert Menedez (D-NJ) walks to the Senate floor for a procedural vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden sets up White House office on gun violence prevention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is establishing a new office of gun violence prevention at the White House to implement existing laws and work with local authorities to pass gun safety ...
Sep 22, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a celebration for Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File photo
UPDATE: UAW to strike more GM, Stellantis facilities, has made progress with Ford
UPDATED 9:54 A.M. DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers will expand its strikes against Detroit automakers General Motors and Chrysler parent Stellantis, but has made real progress in talks with ...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Phaedra Grant, who has worked 34 years for Ford, holds a sign during a UAW rally to support striking workers outside an assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Michael Swensen/File photo
