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Budget reaction: Retailers, municipalities critical of Pritzker's proposed tax changes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The annual process of negotiating the state budget kicked off Wednesday with Gov. JB Pritzker proposing a $52.7 billion spending plan that includes hundreds...
Feb 22, 2024 Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza – the state’s chief financial officer – is swarmed by reporters for her reaction to Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed budget moments after leaving the House of Representatives chambers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Two accused in Bartonville drug deal-turned-shooting makes court appearances
UPDATED 5:25 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about who is believed to be held responsible for a shooting incident Tuesday night in Bartonville that is leaving two people facing charges. Evan N...
Feb 22, 2024 Evan Nettles Mugshot (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Israel hits Gaza's Rafah; Hamas chief's trip raises truce hopes
RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli bombing on Thursday flattened a mosque and destroyed homes in Rafah in a fierce surge of violence in the city, while the Hamas chief was in Cairo f...
Feb 22, 2024 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
US Supreme Court lets $2.46 billion Boy Scouts sex abuse settlement proceed
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Boy Scouts of America's $2.46 billion settlement with sexual abuse victims to move forward, lifting a temporary pause imposed in response to ...
Feb 22, 2024 A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building on the first day of the court's new term in Washington, U.S. October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Peoria Emergency Communications are operational amid cellular outage now fixed
UPDATED 2:47 P.M. "We have restored wireless service to all our affected customers. We sincerely apologize to them. Keeping our customers connected remains our top priority, and we are taking steps to...
Feb 22, 2024 Mike Skoropad / CC
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, suggesting that job growth likely remained solid in February. Initial claims for...
Feb 22, 2024 An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Ship on fire off Yemen after missile attack, naval forces responding
DUBAI (Reuters) -A cargo ship was set on fire off the southern coast of Yemen after being struck in a missile attack on Thursday that has prompted U.S.-led naval forces to respond, British maritime ag...
Feb 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship boat model is seen in front of "Red Sea" and "Houthi attacks" words in this illustration taken January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
UPDATE: AT&T restores service after hours of outage
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. (Reuters) - AT&T said it had restored wireless service for all affected customers, several hours after a cellular phone outage on Thursday disrupted calls and text messages for t...
Feb 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The company logo for AT&T is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Here's what local lawmakers had to say about Governor JB Pritzker's State of the State and budget address
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A number of local lawmakers issued statements either on social media or to reporters following Governor JB Pritzker's budget address Wednesday. Here's a sampling of what lawmakers ...
Feb 21, 2024 Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives to deliver his State of the State and budget address before the General Assembly at the Illinois State Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/pool)
Teenager arrested in connection to shooting incident on I-74 overpass
PEORIA, Ill. - A second arrest has been made after a shooting incident near an interstate overpass in January that struck a Peoria Police vehicle. Peoria Police say a 17-year-old male was identified a...
Feb 21, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
