Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Fed delivers small rate increase, says 'some additional' tightening possible
UPDATED 2:24 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, but indicated it was on the verge of pausing further increases in bor...
Mar 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person walks past the Park Avenue location of the First Republic Bank, in New York City, U.S., March 10, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Peoria City Council discusses changes to cannabis dispensary ordinances
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria city officials now have some clear direction from the City Council about how to update the city's ordinances regarding legal cannabis. But not every piece of policy direction Tue...
Mar 22, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
TikTok would be tough to ban in the US without a new law, experts say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is under pressure to ban popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but any such move likely hinges on passage of a new law that bolsters the govern...
Mar 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A person holds a smartphone as Tik Tok logo is displayed behind in this picture illustration taken November 7, 2019. Picture taken November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
ComEd's former top lawyer paints Madigan confidant as 'double agent' in testimony
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Being the longtime friend of longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan granted Mike McClain certain privileges not afforded to other lobbyists in Springfi...
Mar 22, 2023 Ex-lobbyist Mike McClain is pictured in his driver's license photo, which was submitted as evidence in his federal court trial this week in a case where he and three others allegedly bribed former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right) with jobs and contracts for the speaker’s political allies in exchange for legislation favorable to electric utility Commonwealth Edison. (Madigan photo and illustration by Jerry Nowicki; McClain photo obtained from trial exhibit)
House sends 41 bills to Senate as Friday legislative deadline looms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois House passed 41 bills to the Senate Tuesday ahead of a scheduled Friday deadline. The measures, among others, included a ban on polystyrene foo...
Mar 22, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Moderna CEO defends $130 COVID vaccine price in Senate hearing
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc's chief executive on Wednesday defended the company's plan to quadruple the price of its COVID-19 vaccine, telling U.S. lawmakers it will no longer have the economies of scale ...
Mar 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: CEO of Moderna Stephane Bancel looks up at the session "State of the Pandemic" during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Community Colleges statewide seeing increased enrollment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Community colleges in Illinois are enjoying the largest enrollment increase in more than a decade. Illinois Community College Board Executive Director Brian Durham says Spring enr...
Mar 22, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Charges unlikely Wednesday in Trump hush-money probe as grand jury stays home
UPDATED 2:21 p.m. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump appeared unlikely to face criminal charges on Wednesday after a law enforcement source said a grand jury investigating alleged ille...
Mar 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden honors Springsteen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden made an observation when conferring the National Medal of Arts on rocker Bruce Springsteen on Tuesday: "Bruce, some people are just born to run, man." S...
Mar 22, 2023 National Medal of Arts recipient, musician and singer Bruce Springsteen shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden after the president presented Springsteen with his medal during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria Public Library workers demand more pay in 'slow moving' negotiations
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Public Library workers are demanding faster movement on their contract negotiations as they enter their third month without a new contract. An internal survey of Peoria Library ...
Mar 22, 2023 (25 News)
