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Requests for new K-12 funding in Illinois likely to outstrip available resources
Story Summary School officials and education advocates have requested funding increases totaling $747.99 million for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1. The biggest items on the list includ...
Nov 22, 2025
Members of the Illinois State Board of Education and Superintendent Tony Sanders are pictured at a 2023 board meeting. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump lavishes praise on New York's mayor-elect Mamdani at warm White House meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After months of trading insults, U.S. President Donald Trump and incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and pledged to collaborate ...
Nov 22, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speak to members of the media as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Exclusive-Chicago rejects DOJ grants tied to Trump's immigration policies
(Reuters) -Chicago will not apply for federal community violence intervention grants after the Trump administration reshaped the program to focus on law enforcement and immigration, the city said this...
Nov 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Federal agents detain a man in a parking lot in the Avondale neighborhood following a confrontation during immigration raids, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 25, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo
MAGA favorite Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after split with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Saying she refused to be a "battered wife," U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday she was resigning from the House of Representatives in the wake of a dr...
Nov 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at a campaign event of Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) in Lindale, Georgia, U.S., October 4, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File Photo
Governor Pritzker awards $10 million to Illinois small businesses
Skokie, ILL - Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced nearly $10 million in grants for 47 small businesses across the state. The funding, awarde...
Nov 21, 2025 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) smiles as supporters chant his name during an appearance at Illinois Central College's Workforce Sustainability Center on June 26th, 2025. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two Peoria Men Charged with Sexual Abuse of Minors
Two Peoria men are facing serious charges involving the sexual abuse of minors, according to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office. Sergio Delgado-Rodriguez, 26, was charged Thursday with aggrav...
Nov 21, 2025 Midwest Communications
Lilly becomes first drugmaker to hit $1 trillion valuation on weight-loss demand
(Reuters) -Eli Lilly hit $1 trillion in market value on Friday, making it the first drugmaker to enter the exclusive club dominated by tech giants and underscoring its rise as a weight-loss powerhouse...
Nov 21, 2025 A screen displays the logo and trading information for Eli Lilly and Company on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Trump says Ukraine's Zelenskiy will have to approve US-backed peace plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will have to like a U.S.-backed peace plan to halt Russia's invasion and ultimately approve it, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters...
Nov 21, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 17, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Tyson Foods to close US beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Tyson Foods will close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, with about 3,200 employees after U.S. cattle supplies dropped to their lowest level in nearly 75 years, the meatpacker sa...
Nov 21, 2025 Packets of Tyson Chicken Nuggets, a brand owned by Tyson Foods, Inc., are seen in a store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Oil prices settle down at lowest in a month as US seeks Russia-Ukraine peace deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices eased about 1% on Friday to settle at one-month lows as the U.S. pushed for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal that could boost global oil supplies, while uncertainty over U.S....
Nov 21, 2025 A view of an oil pump jack on the prairies near Claresholm, Alberta, Canada January 18, 2025. REUTERS/Todd Korol
