Category Archives: Top Stories
Justice Department sues for access to Illinois voter rolls
Story Summary The Trump administration is seeking access to the state's complete, unredacted voter registration database, including sensitive information such as voters' dates of birth and partial Soc...
Dec 18, 2025 IMAGE: The Paul Findley Federal Courthouse is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Hannah Meisel)
US House passes bill to speed energy infrastructure permits despite environmental concerns
Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday that would streamline environmental reviews and speed permitting for large energy infrastructure projects, data cent...
Dec 18, 2025 The U.S. Capitol building at dusk in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
Trump expected to sign $1 trillion annual defense bill
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to sign into law a nearly $1 trillion annual defense policy bill, despite its provisions providing new aid to Ukraine and r...
Dec 18, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Pentagon, in Washington D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Trump moves to ease US marijuana regulations, sparking industry hopes
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order recommending the loosening of federal regulations on marijuana, a move that could further reverse decades of toug...
Dec 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Marijuana plants are seen inside the Glass House Farms flowering greenhouse in Camarillo, California, U.S., April 13, 2022. Picture taken April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
PPD searching for carjacking suspects following an incident Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police responded to a reported carjacking Wednesday night on N. Prospect Road, near E. Tripp and E. Wilson Avenue. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says the incident happened arou...
Dec 18, 2025
RFK Jr proposes rules to cut US children's access to gender-affirming care
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved on Thursday to cut access to gender-affirming care for children, proposing rules that would bar hospitals that deliver ...
Dec 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Local fire departments battle fire at PDC facility in West Peoria
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple fire departments were called to a fire at the Peoria Disposal Company/GFL facility on Swords Avenue in West Peoria just before 8 a.m. Thursday. Peoria County Sheriff Chris...
Dec 18, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US admits liability in fatal helicopter crash with American Airlines jet
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said late on Wednesday the federal government was liable in the fatal January 29 collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airl...
Dec 18, 2025 Maps are seen during a U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the midair collision involving American Airlines 5342 and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on January 29, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
US weekly jobless claims fall as seasonal volatility persists
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, reversing the prior week's surge and suggesting labor market conditions remaine...
Dec 18, 2025 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
Pekin council approves property tax levy increase
PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - Pekin City Council voted for property taxes to go up four percent in 2026 to help pay off pension debt for emergency service workers. City staff recommended the maximum 4.9 per...
Dec 18, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
