Category Archives: Top Stories
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)
Teenager who fired three shots into victim's head, last summer, found guilty of murder
PEORIA Ill. - The teenager who shot and killed 17-year-old Dahvie Brown-Bey last summer -- has been charged guilty of murder. According to the Peoria County State's Attorney's Office, a Peoria County ...
Dec 18, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fed lowers rates but sees slower pace of further cuts, firmer inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday and signaled it will slow the pace at which borrowing costs fall any further, given a relatively stable unemployment rate...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
New, safer Nofsinger intersection opens in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A project that brings much needed safety improvements to one of Washington's busiest roads is now complete. City leaders on Wednesday cut the ribbon on the completed Nofsinger/Dalla...
Dec 18, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Defense bill passes Congress despite transgender provision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly for an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon on Wednesday, despite the inclusion of a controversial provision on transgender medi...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol building is seen on a rainy day in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
New McClugage Bridge to have soft opening on Thursday
PEORIA/EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A new bridge that connects Peoria and East Peoria will partially open Thursday. The Illinois Department of Transportation says traffic patterns will switch overnight on the ...
Dec 18, 2024 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
East Peoria takes final action on new police station, adopts flat property tax levy
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria's city council members approved a contract Tuesday night to build a new police station, taking credit for holding the line on property taxes. The council voted unanimou...
Dec 18, 2024 (City of East Peoria/FGM Architects)
Feds set to rest case in Madigan trial; defense prepares to call first witnesses
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Though he wouldn't get a formal diagnosis of dementia until a few years - and one felony plea - later, former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo told FBI agents and government ...
Dec 18, 2024 Former Democratic state Rep. Eddie Acevedo and his attorney Gabrielle Sansonetti exit the Dirksen Federal Courthouse last week after being ordered to testify in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US House panel to release ethics report on Matt Gaetz, CNN reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Ethics Committee has voted to release its report on former Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, CNN reported on Wednesday, saying the panel's findings could be m...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL) speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Return of NASA astronauts from space station further delayed until late March
(Reuters) - NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore's return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late March, the agency said, taking what should have been an eight-day stay on the ...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station (ISS), in this screen grab taken from a handout video, released on November 26, 2024. NASA/Handout via REUTERS/ ile Photo
