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Amazon workers strike at seven US facilities ahead of Christmas rush
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush as workers protest what they say is the retailing gi...
Dec 19, 2024 Striking workers picket outside of the Amazon DAX5 warehouse, in City of Industry, California, U.S., December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
Creve Coeur man arrested in connection to Dollar Tree robbery in Morton
CREVE COEUR Ill. - A Creve Coeur man has been arrested for his role in the armed robbery of the Dollar Tree in Morton, on December 1st. According to Morton Police -- Robert Asbury of Creve Coeur was i...
Dec 19, 2024
PPS Superintendent nominated for national honor
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat has been named a finalist for the 2025 National Superintendent of the Year Award by the American Association of School A...
Dec 19, 2024
United adding non-stop service between Peoria and Denver
PEORIA, Ill. - United Airlines and Peoria's Wayne A. Downing International Airport are announcing daily, non-stop service between Denver and Peoria. Airport Director Gene Olson says the new flights wi...
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Prosecution rests in Madigan trial as defense calls witness dropped from feds' list
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - After calling 50 witnesses over the last two months, prosecutors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial rested their case Wednesd...
Dec 19, 2024 Ex-lobbyist Mike McClain (left), longtime confidant to former House Speaker Michael Madigan (right), are pictured in previous appearances at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago in relation to their public corruption trials. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Georgia appeals court disqualifies prosecutor Fani Willis in Trump 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia appeals court ruled on Thursday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from prosecuting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and several o...
Dec 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis attends a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Alex Slitz/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Wisconsin shooter contacted California man planning separate attack, reports say
(Reuters) - The teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student at her Wisconsin school this week was in contact via text message with a California man who was planning his own mass shooting, acc...
Dec 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Mourners gather for a candlelight vigil at the Wisconsin State Capitol building a day after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Cullen Granzen/File Photo
Amazon workers go on strike in US ahead of Christmas rush as union seeks contract talks
(Reuters) - Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush, aiming to pressure the retailer into contract talks with their union. War...
Dec 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person works at the Amazon warehouse, busy on Prime Day, in Melville, New York, U.S., July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Soren Larson/File Photo
US Congress has two days to avert shutdown after Trump rejects spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress has two days to avert a partial government shutdown after Republican President-elect Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan deal late on Wednesday and demanded law...
Dec 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is pictured at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Budget pressures could impact K-12 funding
SPRINGFIELD - Public schools in Illinois have enjoyed several consecutive years of substantial increases in state funding, thanks largely to steady growth in state revenues and a new funding formula t...
Dec 18, 2024 Ben Varner, chief economist for the legislative Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, along with COGFA revenue manager Eric Noggle and executive director Clayton Klenke, brief the Illinois State Board of Education on the state’s budget outlook during a board meeting Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
