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Peoria OKs $13.8M technology package for police department, including first responder drones
Joe Deacon
A suite of new technology equipment and services will allow the Peoria Police Department to use drones in first response situations, in addition to giving officers updated cameras and Tasers.
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh and his colleagues voted to hold their benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday. The central bank had raised rates in September, in an effort to curb persistent inflation.
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Fed holds interest rates steady even as inflation remains stubborn
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A man in a blazer speaks at a podium with two microphones, flanked by a man in a blue polo, an older man with a cane, and a woman in a black polo, with a gas station price sign in the background.
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Sorensen pushes for expanded E15 use to lower gas prices, assist farmers
Joe Deacon
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