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‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’: Secretly recorded videos show ComEd lobbyists discussing alleged bribery scheme
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Longtime Commonwealth Edison contract lobbyist Jay Doherty thought he was merely reminiscing and giving advice to a colleague and friend in a February 2019 meet...
Will Stevenson Mar 29, 2023
Wall St regulator seeks budget boost, cites market growth, misconduct risk
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) - Wall Street's top regulator on Wednesday asked lawmakers to approve a 12% boost to his agency's budget, citing burgeoning growth in financial markets and the rising ris...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023

South Peoria house fire deemed arson
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Fire officials are investigating yet another arson — this time to a home in South Peoria. Peoria firefighters went to a vacant home near Livingston and Grinnell aroun...
Will Stevenson Mar 29, 2023
White House to China: Don’t use Taiwan visit as pretext
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House urged China on Wednesday not to use a "normal" stopover in the United States by the Taiwan president as a pretext to increase aggressive activity against Taiwan....
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023

Former Peoria City Council at-large member passes away
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria City Council took time at Tuesday night’s meeting to honor and remember a former at-large member. Timothy J. Newlin passed away on Friday, March 24th at his home ...
TJ Carson Mar 29, 2023
Brazil’s public debt rises 1.51% in February
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's federal public debt grew 1.51% in February from the month before, the Treasury said on Wednesday, marked by a further increase in issuance costs. The total debt stock rea...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
Democrats’ 2024 convention dilemma: Chicago tradition or Atlanta’s ‘new Georgia’
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced presidential candidate Joe Biden to accept the Democratic Party's nomination inside a largely empty...
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Fed’s Powell discusses FDIC deposit insurance in meeting with Republicans -US lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmaker Kevin Hern said on Wednesday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told a meeting of the Republican Study Committee that insurance limits on banking deposits wo...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023

Security authority discusses tactics to make schools safer from attacks
PEORIA, Ill. — Following a deadly mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, school security is top of mind. 28-year-old Audrey Hale, a former student of Covenant School, a private Christi...
Julia Bradley Mar 29, 2023
U.S. battery sourcing guidance to cut some EV tax credits -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department's long-awaited guidance on battery sourcing requirements for electric vehicle tax credits due out by Friday will result in fewer vehicles getting fu...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
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