Category Archives: Top Stories
General Assembly passes bill to mandate anti-bias training for obstetric care providers
Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago, speaks on the Illinois Senate floor on Wednesday in favor of his bill to require anti-bias training for maternal health providers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry...
May 22, 2025
Union condemn Tailgate N’ Tallboys for allegedly not hiring local stagehands
Photo courtesy: Tailgate N’ Tallboys (Courtesy: Facebook) BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A theatrical union is taking action to condemn an event organizer for allegedly not hiring local stagehands.T...
May 22, 2025
Illinois awards funding for Constitution Trail extension
Constitution Trail. (Photo courtesy: File) BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The state of Illinois announced on Wednesday that it awarded funding for a trail extension project in Bloomington.Gov. JB Pritzker...
May 22, 2025
Tazewell County man pleads not guilty to double homicide
The case remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Flicker/File) PEKIN, Ill. (WMBD) - A man accused of killing two others last month will next appear in court in late July to allow time for a ment...
May 22, 2025
Housing development in Normal draws nearly an hour of public comment in council meeting
Town of Normal Council Chambers. (Photo courtesy: Town of Normal) NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - A majority of Normal residents who attended the Town Council meeting on Monday didn't approve of plans to build ...
May 21, 2025
Local food pantries brace for SNAP benefit cuts
(Facebook/Home Sweet Home Ministries)PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Millions of Americans may soon lose food assistance program benefits as the reconciliation bill moves through Congress, while local food pant...
May 21, 2025
Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel
Students at DePaul University's Gaza Solidarity Encampment face counterprotesters in May 2024. This encampment was one of at least 130 similar campus protests last year, which highlighted concerns tha...
May 16, 2025
Plan to limit scope of ‘crime-free housing’ ordinances clears Illinois Senate committee
Emily Coffey, senior counsel of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, speaks beside Sen. Karina Villa, D-Chicago, during a Senate Executive Committee in the Statehouse on Wednesday. (...
May 15, 2025
Safety reforms could be coming for Chicagoland transit, but funding still up in the air
A couple of passengers ride a southbound Red Line "L" train in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams) By ANDREW ADAMSCapitol News Illinoisaadams@capitolnewsillinois.comSPRINGFIELD R...
May 15, 2025
Speaker removes Democratic Rep. Fred Crespo from committee chairmanship for ‘not communicating’
State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, is pictured on the Illinois House floor in May 2024 after voting against the state budget for the current fiscal year. House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch st...
May 15, 2025
