Abbeduto: Labor-backed bill banning ‘captive audience’ meetings awaits House action
By ALEX ABBEDUTO Capitol News Illinois abbeduto@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – With two weeks left before the General Assembly’s spring session is set to adjourn, negotiations continue on a labor union-backed initiative that would allow Illinoisans to skip religious
AP: Airman shot by deputy doted on little sister and aimed to buy mom a house, family says
By STEPHEN SMITH and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Just two days before a sheriff’s deputy in Florida shot him dead, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson called home to find
Justice Department seeks 40-year sentence for Paul Pelosi attacker
San Francisco Police Dept (SAN FRANCISCO) — Federal prosecutors are seeking a maximum sentence for the man who was convicted of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacking her husband Paul with
Eurovision contestant disqualified after police investigate 'incident' with production crew
Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images (MALMO, Sweden) — The Dutch contestant in Europe’s popular Eurovision Song Contest has been disqualified after an “incident” occurred with a female member of the production crew, the European Broadcast Union
Pausing military aid seen as key tool in a president's foreign policy toolbox
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Although congressional Republicans have been slamming President Joe Biden over his decision to withhold certain bomb shipments to Israel, such a move is not unprecedented, as they’ve claimed. Previous presidents, including Republican
One dead after shooting inside Regal Cinemas theater in Ohio
Sheila Paras/Getty Images/STOCK (CLEVELAND) — A late night shooting inside an Ohio movie theater has left one man dead, police said. The shooting took place at approximately 11 p.m. when the Massilon Police Department were notified of
Scientists have figured out way to make algae-based plastic that completely decomposes
Erik Jepsen/Board of Regents of the University of California (SAN DIEGO) — Scientists may have found the answer to manufacturing plastics products that actually break down without forming into microplastics, or tiny pieces of plastics that could
Home prices are soaring. Is this another bubble?
Thomas Northcut/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — Roughly 15 years after a housing bubble triggered the worst U.S. financial disaster since the Great Depression, some observers are voicing concern that the industry has fallen into another bubble. Home
Illinois legislators consider more tax credits; Invest in Kids not among them
(The Center Square) – Illinois legislators continue to consider different types of tax credits, but some are urging the General Assembly to renew one that expired at the end of last year. At a recent House Revenue