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U.S. weekly jobless claims fall as labor market tightens, seasonal factors revised
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, indicating a further tightening of labor market conditions heading into the second quarter, wh...
Apr 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo
IL House Democrats introduce $45.6 billion budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois House is preparing to debate a proposed $45.6 billion budget and relief plan in the final week of the spring session. The budget, crafted by House Democrats, funds pu...
Apr 07, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
U.S. House holds former Trump aides in contempt over Capitol attack probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives recommended contempt of Congress charges on Wednesday for Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, former aides to Donald Trump, for failing to coopera...
Apr 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former White House advisor Peter Navarro leaves the West Wing carrying a poster board displaying claims of voting irregularity at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott//File Photo
Ukraine seeks 'ruinous' sanctions on Russia as Europe frets about energy
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine wants sanctions crippling enough to force Russia to end its war after accusing some countries of putting economic wellbeing above punishment for civilian killings tha...
Apr 07, 2022 A local man walks past a damaged ambulance, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Hostomel, outside Kyiv, Ukraine April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
U.S. Postal Service plans to raise prices of first-class mail
(Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Wednesday filed notice of price change with the Postal Regulatory Commission that includes a two-cent increase in the price of a first-class mail...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) logo is pictured on a mail box in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Media outlets want lawsuit against Rossi unsealed
PEKIN, Ill. - News media outlets throughout Central Illinois are asking a Tazewell County judge to unseal documents in a case against Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi. Rossi -- indicted last month on fede...
Apr 06, 2022 (Reditus Labs)
DCFS outlines Navin Jones investigation, Pritzker defends agency amidst criticism
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker continues to defend work he says he's done to try and improve the Department of Children and Family Services, even in the wake of a director who reportedly has...
Apr 06, 2022 Navin Jones (from Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home)
East Peoria "refining" short term rental regs, adding new annual licensing fee
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- City leaders in East Peoria say they continue "refining" regulations on short term rental properties and they've approved significant changes to local ordinances. City Council mem...
Apr 06, 2022 Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. sanctions Russia's Sberbank, Putin's daughters, bans investment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new round of sanctions on Wednesday, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in response to what Presiden...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the afternoon general session of the National League of Cities' Congressional City Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Big Oil execs defend high fuel prices at U.S. Congress hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Oil executives defended themselves in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday from charges by lawmakers that they are gouging Americans with high fuel prices, saying that they are boostin...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
