Category Archives: Top Stories
US House passes Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill, sends on to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping tax and spending bill that would enact much of President Donald Trump's policy agenda on Thursd...
May 22, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, on the day of a closed House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Lawmakers pass bills on AI community college instruction, food handling, school bus seat belts
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers approved measures limiting AI instruction at community colleges, requiring seat belts on school buses, and mandating food handlers receive certain aller...
May 22, 2025 State Sen. Mike Porfirio, D-Lyons Township, speaks on the Senate floor Wednesday in favor of his bill to limit the use of AI in community college instruction. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Two Israeli embassy staffers shot dead in downtown Washington, lone suspect held
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two Israeli embassy staffers, a young couple about to be engaged, were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, and a suspect who chanted pro-Palestine sl...
May 22, 2025 Police officers work at the site where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Two men alleged in central Illinois spa robberies ordered to stay in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - A pair of men allegedly connected to a string of robberies to central Illinois spas will stay in jail until trial. 25 News reports a judge on Wednesday granted prosecutors' request to h...
May 21, 2025 courtroom gavel
Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white "genocide" and unfair land seizures during a tens...
May 21, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump hands over to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa copies of articles that he said showed white South Africans who had been killed, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
West Peoria mayor makes endorsement in Illinois' U.S. Senate race
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - West Peoria's mayor is joining a coalition to help a former central Illinois resident's bid for the United States Senate. Jimmy Dillon on Wednesday endorsed Raja Krishnamoorthi in ...
May 21, 2025 8th District Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi speaks in front of his Peoria household to begin his candidacy for United States Senate. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Washington city council wants more answers on amphitheater project
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington is putting a proposed amphitheater project on the back burner, for the time being. The proposed 5,000-seat amphitheater from the Hengst Foundation would be lo...
May 21, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
Trump administration drops police oversight spurred by Floyd, Taylor killings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is ending efforts to secure agreements for federal oversight of police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, despite a prior government fi...
May 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: United States Department of Justice logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
The Peoria Riverfront Market is back for another season
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's popular Riverfront Market returns this weekend. Sharon Gramm, who's been in charge of the market for 20 years, tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", they've got over 115 vendors this ye...
May 21, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Association)
Prisoner Review Board reform, changes to police hiring clear General Assembly
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A long-awaited bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board will soon go to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk after receiving approval in the legislature Tuesday. The Hou...
May 21, 2025 State Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, discusses his bill to make changes to transparency requirements at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on the floor of the Illinois House on Tuesday, May 20. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
