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UPDATE: Nearly $1B in expected spending on health care for noncitizens adds to state budget pressures
UPDATED 4:09 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The state estimates an expansion of state-sponsored health care to individuals who are ineligible for Medicaid based on their citizenship ...
Apr 21, 2023 Images Money / CC
Canton man goes to federal prison on meth charge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Canton man will be spending almost seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty last December to having methamphetamine in his possession earlier last year. The U.S. Attorney's...
Apr 21, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Officials: $1M in damage following Morton Industries fire
MORTON, Ill. - An estimated $1 million in damage was done by Thursday's fire at Morton Industries. That's according to Morton Fire Chief Joe Kelly, who says the blaze, first reported around 2:45 p.m.,...
Apr 21, 2023 (25 News)
Allies move to bolster Ukrainian tank forces ahead of counteroffensive
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) -The United States said it will soon start training Ukrainian troops to use its Abrams tank and Germany announced a deal to establish a hub in Poland to repair tan...
Apr 21, 2023 A general view of Ukraine Defense Contact group meeting at Ramstein U.S. Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Right-wing radio host Elder announces 2024 Republican presidential bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right-wing U.S. radio host Larry Elder, a Black lawyer who has denied there is systemic racism in America, has announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomin...
Apr 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder poses at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S., February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
US Supreme Court poised to act on abortion pill curbs
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is poised on Friday to determine whether the abortion pill mifepristone will continue to be broadly available in the United States as it weighs a bid by Democratic P...
Apr 21, 2023 Used boxes of Mifepristone pills, the first drug used in a medical abortion, fill a trash at Alamo Women's Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evleyn Hockstein
Illinois expanding school-based healthcare to more students
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- More Illinois students will soon have access to health services at school thanks to new funding coming to the state. The federal government has approved a state proposal to expand...
Apr 21, 2023 Montse PB / CC
UPDATE: Biden signs executive order on 'environmental justice'
UPDATED 2:48 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order directing every single federal agency to work toward "environmental justice for all" and improve th...
Apr 21, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on "actions to advance environmental justice" prior to signing an executive order in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Two more suspects arrested in Alabama 'Sweet 16' shooting
(Reuters) - Authorities in Alabama on Thursday said they had made two more arrests in connection with last week's shooting at a "Sweet 16" birthday party that left four people dead and 32 others wound...
Apr 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement officers walk through the crime scene, a day after a shooting at a teenager's birthday party in a dance studio, in Dadeville, Alabama, U.S., April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
Biden considering launching re-election bid on Tuesday -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden may announce his re-election campaign by video as soon as Tuesday, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, setting the stage for a possible...
Apr 20, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden convenes the fourth virtual leader-level meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) on Energy and Climate at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
