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(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify at the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on June 22 at 10 am Eastern time, panel chief Sherrod Brown said on Friday. The testimony marks the se...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Even though Gov. JB Pritzker has yet to sign the budget bill lawmakers just passed, the Illinois State Board of Education is seeking applicants for some of ...

(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell held a phone call with the head of UBS Group AG in the days before the bank was propelled by Swiss authorities to buy smaller rival Credit Suisse, just ...

(Reuters) - Canada's second-biggest oil producer Suncor Energy has told employees it plans to cut 1,500 jobs this year, two sources confirmed to Reuters on Friday, in one of the first big moves by its...

PEKIN, Ill. – A Tazewell County judge has thrown out the City of Pekin’s new ordinance charging video gaming operators some of their net revenues. The ordinance would have imposed a 2.5% p...

By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States is escalating its dispute with Mexico over agriculture biotech measures, including its stance on genetically modified (GM) corn, by requ...

(Reuters) - Tropical depression Two has strengthened into tropical storm Arlene in the Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday. The storm is located about 265 miles (425 km) west o...

PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria County group is gauging the quality of internet in rural areas The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council will send out surveys to homes and businesses in rural part...

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The gain of 339,000 U.S. payroll jobs in May was a blockbuster number, nearly double what was normal before the pandemic and seeming confirmation that key pa...

(Reuters) - Fort Bragg, the U.S. Army base in North Carolina that is among the world's largest military installations, was formally renamed Fort Liberty on Friday, part of a broader effort to rechrist...