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Pritzker tax summaries show more than $10M in 2024 income - not including trusts
Article Summary JB and MK Pritzker reported earning $10.7 million in 2024, according to tax returns released by Pritzker's campaign. The year ranks as the Pritzkers' second-highest earning year since ...
Oct 16, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker and wife MK are pictured at an event at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield in April 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Shutdown could cost US economy $15 billion a week, Treasury says
Washington (Reuters) -The two-week-old federal government shutdown may cost the U.S. economy as much as $15 billion a week in lost output, a Treasury official said late on Wednesday, correcting an ear...
Oct 16, 2025 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks as he and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer hold a press conference on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Chuck Collins delivers final forecast for 25News First Alert Weather Team
PEORIA, Ill. - Clouds in the skies and above average temperatures for this time of year. Those were part of the final forecast for 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins' during Wednesd...
Oct 15, 2025 Chuck Collins last day on 25 News is this Wednesday, after 50 years in broadcasting. (Chuck Collins 25 News Facebook page)
Trump authorizes CIA operations in Venezuela, raising pressure on Maduro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in U.S. efforts to pressure Pr...
Oct 15, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Illinois lawmakers condemn ICE raids in Chicago, weigh state response
Article Summary Democratic state lawmakers condemned aggressive immigration enforcement actions, but it remains uncertain whether their words will translate to legislative action during the fall sessi...
Oct 15, 2025 House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch joins members of his caucus at a news conference outside of his Capitol office on Wednesday, Oct. 15, to decry the ongoing aggressive federal immigration enforcement in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Street sign begins celebrations for a century of a Peoria restaurant
PEORIA, Ill. - An Italian dining institution in Peoria is being honored on the street corner it sits on. City and community leaders came together Wednesday morning at Agatucci's to celebrate the honor...
Oct 15, 2025 Members of the Agatucci family stand in front of honorary "Via Agatucci" at Gift and University after a street naming ceremony on October 15th, 2025. The ceremony starts a year of celebrations for Agatucci's 100 years in business. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teenagers accused in shooting death of man in South Peoria charged with murder
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers will now be tried as adults after being charged with murder in the death of a man in South Peoria on Sunday. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 17-year-old...
Oct 15, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
US judge blocks Trump's plan to lay off thousands of government workers
(Reuters) -A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to halt mass layoffs during a partial government shutdown while she considers claims by unions tha...
Oct 15, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement about lowering U.S. drug prices, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 10, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
South Peoria shooting victim succumbs to injuries
PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in a shooting Sunday afternoon in South Peoria had died from his injuries. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 22-year-old Khmari Rickmon was pronounced dead Tuesday jus...
Oct 15, 2025 A man was shot in the head in the 2300 block of W. Antoinette in Peoria Sunday afternoon. (25 News)
Echevarria: Illinois' justice system is broken, but Peoria has to be part of ending juvenile violence
PEORIA, Ill. - In the wake of the recent shooting death of a 15-year-old boy and other violent crimes involving teens in Peoria, the police chief says the incidents are taking a toll on his officers. ...
Oct 15, 2025 Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria in the WMBD Radio Studios. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
