Aubrey, Fox: Bills addressing warehouse quotas, nursing homes, prostitution pass in session’s final days

By JADE AUBREY & BRIDGETTE FOX Capitol News Illinois jaubrey@capitolnewsillinois.com bfox@capitolnewsillinois.com Lawmakers in Springfield approved a measure that aims to protect warehouse workers whose workdays center on hitting quotas. House Bill 2547 states employees are not required
Hancock: Potawatomi land transfer clears General Assembly

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Nearly two centuries after losing its reservation in Illinois in a land sale that most people now concede was illegal, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation could soon get
Los Angeles Fire Department budget sustained cuts but saw overall increase

Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Amidst confusion around budget cuts affecting the Los Angeles Fire Department while thousands of firefighters are battling at least five wildfires, ABC News dug into the city budgets and other publicly
Judge orders DOJ to respond to Trump co-defendants' allegations about Smith report

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is ordering the Justice Department to respond to arguments made by President-elect Donald Trump’s former co-defendants in his classified documents case by 10 a.m. Sunday. Cannon wants
Jack Smith has resigned as special counsel, Justice Department says in court filing

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jack Smith, who investigated Donald Trump over allegations of interfering with the 2020 election and unlawfully retaining classified documents after leaving the White House, has formally resigned as special counsel after submitting
FBI questions people from Hegseth’s past ahead of Senate confirmation hearing: Sources

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI has interviewed multiple individuals about Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s personal life as part of its background check investigation, asking questions about alleged extramarital affairs, his relationship with alcohol
Tulsa race massacre probe finds 1921 horror was 'coordinated, military-style attack'

Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (TULSA, Okla.) — The Justice Department provided new insight and chilling details about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, describing the two-day raid that killed 300 Black residents and destroyed their businesses as a
Trump's track record of disaster misinformation as he casts blame over California wildfires

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As deadly wildfires burn through Southern California, President-elect Donald Trump has spent the week attacking Democratic officials and continuing a pattern of spreading misinformation about natural disasters. “I think that Gavin is
California fires weather forecast: Fire danger expected to increase as winds pick up
KABC (LOS ANGELES) — There has been a reprieve from the strongest winds in Southern California over the past 24 hours, but winds are expected to pick up later Saturday into the night, raising the fire danger
Activist calls for action as Chicago transit crime numbers jump
(The Center Square) – With the number of crimes being committed at Chicago Transit Authority stations now sharply on the rise, Violence Interrupters Executive Director Tio Hardiman is demanding top city officials do more to keep riders