Politics & Government

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth says Congress needs to get the National Guard reimbursed for the half billion dollars it spent responding to the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill.

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday he will seek a second term, joined once again by Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton as a running mate.

The commander of the Illinois National Guard says they will be forced to make major cutbacks if Congress doesn't reimburse them soon for the costs they incurred responding to the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali led the launch of the Peoria City-County Joint Commission on Racial Justice and Equity Thursday evening.

A landmark West Peoria restaurant that closed during the COVID-19 pandemic may soon find new life as a cannabis consumption lounge. The prospective owners of the former Sky Harbor Steak House plan to convert the property into the High Harbor Cannabis Events Center.

More than a year after new marijuana dispensary licenses were scheduled to be distributed per the state’s 2019 adult-use legalization law, the governor’s office announced the initial lottery and two new ones will happen by the end of August.

Tuesday night’s city council meeting ended with calls for the community to do more about Peoria’s ongoing gun violence.

Members of the Creve Coeur Club will vote during Wednesday’s annual meeting on a proposed relocation to vacant space in River Station as part of a broader revisioning of the club’s business model.

Congressman Darin LaHood says he thinks a bipartisan infrastructure bill can still happen this year, but it needs to focus on so-called traditional infrastructure to gain the support of him and other Republicans.

A burglary last week at a downtown Peoria gun store has heightened police concerns about the number of illegal firearms on the streets and increasing gun violence in the city.