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Shield law, university admissions, foster placement bills clear General Assembly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - More than 150 bills moved through the General Assembly in the final week of the legislative session and will make their way to the governor, including measu...
Jun 02, 2025 The Illinois Capitol dome is pictured through the trees in Springfield. Lawmakers adjourned their spring session this week after passing 466 bills this year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump administration seeks pause of second tariff case after loss
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Monday asked a U.S. appeals court to pause a second court ruling that found the president had exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs on imp...
Jun 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Cars of the Volkswagen Group intended for export to the United States and the United Kingdom arrive on train carriages at the seaport of Emden near the estuary, where the River Ems flows into the North Sea, in Emden, Germany, April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
PPD: Victim hit with a gun during home invasion
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was injured after being hit in the face with a gun during a home invasion early Saturday in Peoria. Police were called around 4:15 a.m. to the area of E. Corrington and N. Peoria ...
Jun 02, 2025 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
PPD: Man arrested on multiple gun charges in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - While conducting patrol early Saturday morning, Peoria Police observed two men in a vehicle parked in the back of a parking lot on SW Water Street. While speaking with the men around 1:...
Jun 02, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Ukraine-Russia peace talks end after barely an hour, Turkish officials say
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine ended barely an hour after they began in Istanbul on Monday, Turkish officials said, a day after a massive Ukrainian drone ...
Jun 02, 2025 Russian delegation, led by presidential adviser, Vladimir Medinsky, Chief of the Turkish General Staff, Metin Gurak, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Turkey's intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, Ukrainian delegation led by Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, attend a meeting at Ciragan Palace on the day of the second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 2, 2025. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
US Supreme Court lets Trump revoke humanitarian legal status for migrants
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let President Donald Trump's administration revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants...
Jun 02, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about a trade deal with the U.K., in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Car crashes into Peoria church, sending one person to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria emergency crews responded to a rescue call Sunday morning, after a car crashed into a church, sending one person to the hospital. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says firefighter...
Jun 02, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices continues to drop as we move into the summer season
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 4.1 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.24 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Peoria's prices are 9.6 cents lower than a month ago, and 47.6 c...
Jun 02, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
UPDATE: Colorado attack suspect charged with assault, use of explosives
Updated: 11:39 a.m. (Reuters) -A suspect in an attack on a pro-Israeli rally in Colorado that injured eight people was being held on Monday on an array of charges, including assault and the use of exp...
Jun 02, 2025 Law enforcement officers detain a suspect, after an attack that injured multiple people, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 1, 2025, in this picture obtained from social media. X/@OpusObscuraX/via REUTERS
Illinois lawmakers pass slimmed-down Medicaid package
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) Nearly every year, Illinois lawmakers pass a package of measures dealing with the state's Medicaid program, the joint federal and state health care program th...
Jun 01, 2025 The Illinois Capitol dome is pictured through the trees in Springfield. Lawmakers adjourned their spring session this week after passing 466 bills this year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
