By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published two filings last week stating federal law prohibits states from regulating credit and debit card "swipe" fees. An Illinois law that would prohibit financial...

By WMBD TV (PEORIA, Ill.) - Severe thunderstorms are likely to impact Illinois on Monday, April 26th as a strong storm system moves across the region. Confidence continues to increase that the local area avoids the worst impacts from today's storms. The biggest issues should remain south Interstate 72 today. Severe sto...

By NIKOEL HYTREK Capitol News Illinois nhytrek@capitolnewsillinois.com Drought and hot temperatures have burdened Illinois since last summer, and despite rain improving conditions this spring, the long-term lack of precipitation and high temperatures have impacted water supplies across the state. Sullivan, a small city...

On April 24, 2026, at approximately 5:27 p.m., officers with the Clinton Police Department responded to a Clinton address for the request of a welfare check. A subsequent investigation led to the entry of a missing/endangered persons alert for 34-year-old Cassandra N. Smith of Clinton. On the morning of Saturday, April...

By AIDAN KLINEMAN Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The Senate Executive Committee heard nearly three hours of testimony on Gov. JB Pritzker's BUILD plan for more affordable housing in Illinois. Proponents of BUILD argued that the primary driver of the current housing affordabilit...

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com Ahead of an estimated 150,000 Illinois households losing access to federal food assistance on May 1, Illinois launched two websites aimed at providing work, training and volunteer hours to those households. Job Ready IL collects training p...

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - ISU students organized a walk-out Thursday to show their support for the AFSCME Local 1110 workers on strike. The walkout started at one p.m. on the quad of Illinois State University. Around 100 students and workers on strike attended. The goal was to show the administration at ISU that the studen...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The American Red Cross brought its 'Sound the Alarm' campaign to Bloomington, installing free smoke alarms in homes across the city. State Farm Insurance sponsored the campaign. The goal is to install free 10-year smoke alarms in vulnerable communities across the county. "It's...