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With recession fears subsiding, new state economic forecast expects 'firm but steady growth'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The state's two main fiscal forecasting agencies agree: Illinois' finances will see a strong close in the final 3 months of the fiscal year before things ti...
Mar 14, 2024 Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability chief economist Ben Varner (left to right), revenue manager Eric Noggle and executive director Clayton Klenke testify at the commission’s annual revenue update meeting in Springfield Tuesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Sidewalk closures will begin early next week near Peoria's Riverfront
PEORIA, Ill. - Early next week, work will begin on ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) ramp improvements near the Peoria Riverfront. Peoria Public Works' Nick McMillion says the work along SW Water ...
Mar 14, 2024 (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Police investigating robbery at North Peoria business
UPDATED 2:14 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a robbery at a business Wednesday afternoon. Police say officers were dispatched to the Original Wonderdog at the Northpoint Shopping C...
Mar 14, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, criticizes Netanyahu
UPDATED 11:25 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Shumer called on Thursday for new elections in Israel, harshly criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an obstacle t...
Mar 14, 2024 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference following the weekly Senate caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo
Gasoline, food boost US producer prices in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in February amid a surge in the cost of goods like gasoline and food, which could fan fears that inflation was picking up again...
Mar 14, 2024 People pump gas at a Sunoco gas station after the inflation rate hit a 40-year high in January, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump documents case judge, weighing dismissal, muses on Biden parallels
UPDATED 1:08 P.M. FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -A federal judge referred to President Joe Biden's handling of sensitive government records on Thursday as she considered whether to dismiss a criminal...
Mar 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Calm in Haitian capital extends into second day as US, UN withdraw staff
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's capital was calm on Wednesday, two days after the prime minister said he would step down, but the United States and the United Nations began to withdraw staff in a si...
Mar 14, 2024 People wait along a street to collect water in buckets and containers after Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry pledged to step down following months of escalating gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
Park Board cancels July 3rd Glen Oak Park fireworks
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District Board of Trustees has canceled this year's July 3rd fireworks show at Glen Oak Park, and will, in the words of some members of the board, "re-imagine" what a Ju...
Mar 13, 2024 Glen Oak Park (Peoria Park District)
Man sentenced for role in 2020 crash in central Peoria that killed girlfriend
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been found guilty for his role in a crash in central Peoria more than three years ago that killed a woman. Adrian Gregory, 32, was found guilty Wednesday of Reckless Homicide ...
Mar 13, 2024 Adrian Gregory (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail September 2021)
Biden looks to shore up support in Midwest after clinching Democratic nomination
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden visited the political battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday after clinching the Democratic Party's nomination, and focused on hunting for votes amo...
Mar 13, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters upon his return to Washington, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., March 11, 2024, REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
