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US weekly jobless claims fall; labor market still tight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for jobs benefits fell more than expected last week, with applications in Massachusetts decreasing sharply, suggesting the labor market ...
May 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
As budget negotiations continue, Pritzker announces launch of stalled tax incentive program
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - As budget negotiations for the coming fiscal year continued behind closed doors Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker's office announced it would launch a long-stalled tax ...
May 18, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in his Capitol office at a news conference earlier this month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Florida Governor DeSantis to enter presidential race next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who spoke to Peoria and Tazewell County Repubicans last Friday, will officially enter the 2024 U.S. presidential race next week, accordi...
May 18, 2023 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference before he signs five state house bills into law at Cambridge Christian School in Tampa, Florida, U.S. May 17, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
At Japan's G7 summit, the big elephants are China and Russia
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) -The longest shadows at the Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit this week will be cast by two countries that weren't even invited to the Hiroshima gathering: China and Russi...
May 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a “G7 Hiroshima” flower installation near the Peace Memorial Museum, ahead of the G7 summit, in Hiroshima, Japan, May 17, 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou
ISP: 8th victim dies from I-55 crash
FARMERSVILLE, Ill. - An eighth person has died as a result of a deadly crash earlier this month on I-55 near Springfield, caused by a dust storm. Illinois State Police says 81-year-old Ruth Rau, of So...
May 18, 2023 (Courtesy WICS-TV/FoxIllinois.com)
Man charged in baseball bat attack on two U.S. congressional staffers
(Reuters) - A man accused of attacking two congressional staff members with a baseball bat this week and threatening to kill one of them, has been charged with assault on an employee of the U.S. gover...
May 17, 2023 A police cruiser sits outside Democratic U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly's district office after a person wielding a baseball bat attacked two of his staff members, sending them to the hospital with non-life threating injuries in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. May 15, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Next steps following demolition of Harrison, McKinley schools being taken
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Housing Authority is, in a sense, taking the lead on the future of the land in and around where Harrison and McKinley Schools. They're part of an effort with both the city an...
May 17, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State makes another big Rainy Day Fund deposit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois' Rainy Day Fund has another record-setting infusion of cash. Comptroller Susana Mendoza says the fund now has $1.73 billion in it after another $150 million state-mandated...
May 17, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
Peoria Police honor officers killed in the line of duty
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police once again honor their own. The department Wednesday hosted their annual fallen officers memorial ceremony, honoring the fourteen lives lost in the line of duty over the y...
May 17, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Harry, Meghan in 'near catastrophic' NY paparazzi car chase, spokesperson says
UPDATED 2:07 P.M. LONDON/ NEW YORK (Reuters) -Britain's Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother were involved in a "near catastrophic" car chase with press photographers after they attended an aw...
May 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala in New York City, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
