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Jobs and unemployment both increase again in Peoria and throughout state
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The number of jobs is up once again in the Peoria area. Also once again, so is the number of unemployed. That’s according to federal figures disseminated by the Illinoi...
Oct 26, 2023
Fire destroys South Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. – A South Peoria home is being demolished after a late-morning fire. Peoria firefighters say the home near Hayes and Westmoreland was vacant when it became fully engulfed in flames ...
Oct 26, 2023
House approves framework allowing legislative staff to unionize
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Democrats in the Illinois House on Wednesday approved a measure to allow certain legislative staffers to unionize, following in the recent footsteps of lawm...
Oct 26, 2023
Proponents drop push to give downstate utilities dibs on new transmission lines
(Capitol News Illinois) – With billions of dollars of construction projects on the line, Ameren Illinois and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been vying to secure first r...
Oct 26, 2023
Illinois Commerce Commission employees recommend denial of proposed CO2 pipeline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Carbon dioxide storage pipeline that would pass through the tri-county area would not come at all, if some experts at the Illinois Commerce Commission had their way. In a d...
Oct 25, 2023
Pekin Insurance confirms layoffs, doesn’t say how many, amid restructuring
PEKIN, Ill. – They call it a “small percentage” of employees being laid off. Pekin Insurance is now confirming that they have made some layoffs as it focuses on what it calls in a ne...
Oct 25, 2023
LaHood, Democrats react to pick of Louisiana’s Johnson has House Speaker
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A local Congressman says he’s happy with the newest pick for Speaker of the House. Not long after the vote to elect Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson speaker, Republican Darin...
Oct 25, 2023
CEO out at Busey Bank
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A bank based in Champaign but with a presence in Peoria has a now-former leader. Robin Elliott (Busey Bank via Facebook) The parent company of Busey Bank says, in a filing with...
Oct 25, 2023
UPDATED: PPS school bus involved in head-on crash in Peoria. Here’s what we know
UPDATED 1:10 P.M. One person was taken to a local hospital after suffering injuries in a three vehicle accident involving a school bus this (Wednesday) morning. The Peoria Fire Department says there w...
Oct 25, 2023
UPDATED: Peoria’s water system won’t be going public
UPDATED 12:56 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. – The city of Peoria won't own the water system at least for the next five years following city council action Tuesday night. The council voted 7-4 to stay with t...
Oct 25, 2023
