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Junk fees, child torture, tipped wage proposals among bills to clear committee
Article Summary Friday marks a House deadline to advance bills out of committee, so lawmakers were scrambling to advance their initiatives. More than 150 bills cleared House committees on Tuesday and ...
Mar 26, 2026 The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Olympics-Only biological females, determined by gene screening, will be allowed in Games female events
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 26 (Reuters) - Only biological female athletes, whose gender will be determined by a one-time gene-screening test, will now be eligible to take part in female category eve...
Mar 26, 2026 Olympic rings are pictured outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during an Executive Board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 26, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Illinois House committee advances bill banning immigration detention centers near homes, schools
Article Summary An Illinois House committee advanced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from operating an immigration detention center within 1,500 feet of any home, school, daycare cen...
Mar 26, 2026 House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch presents his bill to limit where federal immigration centers can be placed in Illinois to a House committee on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Trump urges Iran to act quickly on ceasefire plan
By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Kanishka Singh DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday to "get serious" about a deal to end nearly ...
Mar 26, 2026 A view of a residential building damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
US weekly jobless claims increase slightly
WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, suggesting the labor market remains stable and giving the Federal Reserve scope to hold intere...
Mar 26, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Update: U.S. judge questions block on Maduro's use of Venezuelan funds for defense
Updated at 11:45 a.m. By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge questioned on Thursday the U.S. government's justification for blocking ousted Venezuelan president Nicols...
Mar 26, 2026 A protester supporting ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a placard, near the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse on the day Maduro is to attend a hearing in a narco-terrorism case accusing him of running a cartel of Venezuelan officials that flooded the U.S. with cocaine, in New York City, U.S., March 26, 2026 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Threat of severe storms in the Peoria area late Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - It looks like there's a strong possibility of severe weather returning to Central Illinois late in the day Thursday. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Brian Walder has designated ...
Mar 26, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Lawmakers advance Pritzker's cell phone ban, social media regulations
Article Summary Several prongs of Gov. JB Pritzker's legislative agenda began to move this week. Those include youth social media protections, a ban on cell phones in classrooms and allowing some comm...
Mar 25, 2026 Visual: Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from reporters during Agriculture Day at the Illinois Capitol on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Body of man missing since January found in building in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - A body found in a building in Peoria's Averyville neighborhood on Tuesday is that of a man that was reported missing at the start of the year. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says t...
Mar 25, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Victim in fatal pedestrian crash in Bartonville identified
PEORIA, Ill. - A 90-year-old man has been identified as the victim in a fatal pedestrian crash Tuesday afternoon in Bartonville. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Carlos Martinez suffered multi...
Mar 25, 2026 (Peoria County Coroner)
