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IL House Republicans introduce resolution encouraging repeal of police reform bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Republican lawmakers in Illinois say the police reform measure signed into law last year isn't working, so they would like to see it repealed. That includes Peoria State Representa...
Jan 20, 2022 Midwest Communications
Murray Baker Bridge lit up for the "Reveal the Teal" campaign
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Murray Baker Bridge was lit up in teal lights Wednesday night to increase awareness about cervical cancer. The teal lights will stay lit through Wednesday, January 26 in observance...
Jan 20, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. panel probing Jan. 6 attack seeks interview with Ivanka Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives' panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is seeking an interview with former U.S. President Donald Trump's daugh...
Jan 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: White House Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump attends a campaign for Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler on the eve of the run-off election to decide both of Georgia's Senate seats, in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase amid Omicron surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, likely as a winter wave of COVID-19 infections disrupted business activity, whic...
Jan 20, 2022 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
MN jury to decide if Chauvin's colleagues had duty to stop deadly Floyd arrest
(Reuters) - The federal prosecution of three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the deadly arrest of George Floyd begins on Thursday in a trial that turns on when an officer has a dut...
Jan 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Community members visit one of the murals at George Floyd Square, now behind barricades that formerly blocked the street, after city employees began to reopen George Floyd Square, the area where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis police custody the year before, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Nicole Neri
Pekin Council censures Orrick on sexual harrassment claim
PEKIN, Ill. -- The Pekin City Council has publicly censured longtime council member Lloyd Orrick after the city's ethics committee found Orrick sexually harassed a fellow councilwoman. Council took ac...
Jan 20, 2022
U.S. Senate Democrats fail in bid to pass voting rights bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats suffered twin legislative defeats late on Wednesday in their push to toughen voting rights protections in the run-up to this Nove...
Jan 20, 2022 The U.S. Capitol dome is seen at night as the Senate continues debate of voting rights legislation in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
U.S. Supreme Court spurns Trump bid to keep Capitol attack records secret
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump's request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel ...
Jan 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Protesters clash with Capitol police during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
'Our work's not done,' Biden says, addressing skeptics at one-year mark
UPDATED 4:25 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he had underestimated the extent of Republican opposition to his programs and acknowledged Americans' frustration at the s...
Jan 19, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden holds a formal news conference in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Pritzker: 'Cautiously optimistic' state is turning corner on COVID-19 cases following Delta, Omicron surge
CHICAGO, Ill. - Is the State of Illinois finally turning the corner on COVID-19 as the Omicron and Delta variants have taken their toll? With overall daily case numbers and hospitalizations seemingly ...
Jan 19, 2022 Midwest Communications
