Category Archives: Top Stories
Howard's lead grows in Peoria Public Schools board District 3 race
PEORIA, Ill. - The lead grows for the current frontrunner for the District 3 seat on the Peoria Public Schools board. The first post-Election Day ballots were counted on Thursday by the Peoria County ...
Mar 19, 2026 (Peoria Public Schools)
Margaret Croke wins Democratic primary for Illinois comptroller
Article Summary State Rep. Margaret Croke of Chicago will be the Democrats' nominee for comptroller, the Associated Press reported. Croke won a narrow victory of Sen. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, aft...
Mar 19, 2026 Democratic state representative and comptroller candidate Margaret Croke talks to a staffer on Gov. JB Pritzker’s campaign on Monday, Oct. 27, before filing nominating petitions for comptroller. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Companies could be on the hook work-related activities before and after shifts start, court rules
Article Summary Illinois' wage law does not include federal exclusions that would shield companies from having to pay employees for pre-and post-shift activities, the state high court ruled. The rulin...
Mar 19, 2026 The Illinois Supreme Court is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Lawyers say D.C. court's decision striking down large-capacity magazine ban should be applied to Illinois
Article Summary An appellate court in Washington, D.C., struck down a law in the district that banned large-capacity magazines, and lawyers challenging a similar law in Illinois say the appellate cour...
Mar 19, 2026 Lawyers in a case challenging Illinois’ ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines are asking the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to consider additional arguments as a three-judge panel continues to weigh the case. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Huge Trump Iran war funding request faces stiff opposition in Congress
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. military's request for $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran war met with stiff opposition in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, as Democrats and even s...
Mar 19, 2026 Smoke rises after air strikes, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on March 16, 2026. Social Media/via REUTERS T
Peoria International Airport operating as normal dispute partial government shutdown
PEORIA, Ill. - Despite a partial government shutdown that is affecting the TSA, it's business as usual at Peoria International Airport. That's according to Director of Airports Gene Olson. He tells WM...
Mar 19, 2026 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Vancil preparing for general election after primary victory Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - The projected Republican nominee in Illinois' 17th Congressional District says he was pretty confident of victory Tuesday night. Dillan Vancil of Gladstone defeated Julie Bickelhaupt in...
Mar 19, 2026 (Dillan Vancil for Congress Facebook)
Trump hails Japanese leader, says Tokyo 'really stepping up to the plate' on Iran
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warmly at the White House on Thursday and said he believed Japan was "really stepping up to t...
Mar 19, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Proposed bill would require Illinois high schools to offer voter registration
Article Summary A proposed bill that would require every Illinois high school to provide students with a chance to register to vote by the time they graduate passed a House committee unanimously this ...
Mar 19, 2026
Unexpected decline in US weekly jobless claims signals stable labor market
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to stable labor market conditions and...
Mar 19, 2026 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
