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Peoria considering two new TIF district agreements
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria is considering a pair of special agreements that could bring more business to the city by way of tax increment financing (TIF) districts. At Tuesday night's city council meeting,...
Julia Bradley Apr 24, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban bills after Republican battle
UPDATED 10:14 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notch...
Julia Bradley Apr 24, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after signing into law a bill providing billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
New eastbound McClugage Bridge nearing completion. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The completion of the new eastbound McClugage Bridge connecting Peoria and East Peoria is only months away. Illinois Department of Transportation Construction Field Engineer Nick Volk s...
TJ Carson Apr 23, 2024 The new McClugage Bridge (right) is nearing completion next to the current McClugage Bridge. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale, NYU; Columbia cancels in-person classes
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan on Monday, as the war in Gaza continued to...
TJ Carson Apr 23, 2024 Protesters gather at the corner of Grove and College Streets after an encampment at Beinecke Plaza was broken up. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for Yale to disinvest from military weapons manufacturers, in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Melanie Stengel
11-year-old arrested after shots fired Monday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - An 11-year-old was arrested after shots were fired in South Peoria Monday night. Peoria Police says officers responded to the area of John H Gwynn Junior Avenue and MacArthur Highway ju...
TJ Carson Apr 23, 2024
Man arrested for assaulting Peoria Police officer indicted in multiple incidents
PEORIA, Ill. - A man arrested earlier this month for assaulting a Peoria Police officer has been indicted for multiple incidents. Eric Anderson, 33, is accused of repeatedly punching the officer on th...
TJ Carson Apr 23, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinoisans can now get documents notarized online
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinoisans who need a notary public can now access those services online through a new "E-Notary" portal launched by the secretary of state's office. This ...
TJ Carson Apr 23, 2024 The secretary of state’s downtown driver services facility is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
In Trump hush money trial, tabloid publisher testifies he helped candidacy
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The first witness in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he used his supermarket tabloid to suppres...
TJ Carson Apr 23, 2024 Former US President Donald Trump, with lawyer Todd Blanche, speaks to the press as he arrives at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Pool via REUTERS
Biden rule grants overtime pay to 4 million US workers
(Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a rule extending mandatory overtime pay to an estimated 4 million salaried workers, going even further than an Obama-era r...
Julia Bradley Apr 23, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One with staff as he departs the White House en route to Tampa, Florida, in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
IL State comptroller welcomes ratings upgrade from Moody's
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Comptroller Susana Mendoza says bond rating agencies take notice when Illinois puts more money toward its Rainy Day and Pension Stabilization Funds. Moody's Analytics on Tuesday ch...
Julia Bradley Apr 23, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
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