Category Archives: Top Stories
Illinois House lawmakers file almost 1,800 new bills only 2 weeks into legislative session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers kicked off their spring legislative session roughly three weeks ago, but lawmakers in the House have already filed more than 1,800 bills ...
Jan 28, 2025 The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
'Suspicion doesn't cut it': Madigan attorney urges jury to 'see the man, not the myth'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's defense lawyers began their closing arguments last week, attorney Dan Collins pointed to something the former...
Jan 28, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks toward the Dirksen Federal Courthouse flanked by his attorneys Tom Breen and Todd Pugh ahead of a fourth day of closing arguments in his federal corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump administration fires team of lawyers who prosecuted him, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration on Monday fired more than a dozen Justice Department lawyers who brought two criminal cases against him, an official said, as the Republic...
Jan 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Department of Justice (DOJ) logo is pictured on a wall after a news conference to discuss alleged fraud by Russian Diplomats in New York December 5, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File photo
UPDATE: Non-profits, small businesses sue over Trump's freeze on grants, loans
UPDATED 12:44 P.M. (Reuters) -Advocacy groups representing non-profits and small businesses filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration's sweeping directive to temporarily freeze f...
Jan 28, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One before arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Trump takes aim at DEI, COVID expulsions and transgender troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from the military, reinstate thousands of troops who wer...
Jan 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: President Donald Trump reviews the troops in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., during his Inauguration ceremony on Monday, January 20, 2025. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS
Man arrested for residential burglary
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called early Monday morning to N. Homestead on reports of a man with a flashlight inside a vacant home. When officers arrived around 2:45 a.m., they found 33-year-old...
Jan 28, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft declined to comment. Ti...
Jan 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Scott Bessent wins Senate confirmation as US Treasury secretary
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent to be President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire hedge fund manager a central role in shaping the new administrat...
Jan 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of treasury, looks on next to his husband John Freeman and son Cole, on the day he testifies during a Senate Committee on Finance confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo
Peoria mayoral candidates debate homelessness, immigration at NAACP forum
PEORIA, Ill. - Two of the three candidates for mayor of Peoria made their cases to voters before February's primary during a Monday night debate. Mayor Rita Ali and Councilman John Kelly participated ...
Jan 27, 2025 (NAACP Peoria Chapter)
Organizers unveil new look, events for 51st Steamboat Classic
PEORIA, Ill. - A summer tradition in Peoria is getting a fresh look after running through the city's streets for 50 years. Organizers of the Steamboat Classic announced on Monday a new look, and new e...
Jan 27, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
