A comprehensive study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found that U.S. states implementing complete or six-week abortion bans experienced a 5.6% increase in infant mortality rates, resulting in an estimated 478 excess infant deaths across 14 states during the study period. The research, led by […]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that the dramatic in-flight blowout of a mid-exit door (MED) plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 in January 2024 was caused by Boeing’s failure to provide adequate training, guidance, and oversight to its manufacturing workforce. The NTSB also cited […]
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois June 25, 2025 SPRINGFIELD – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has joined another multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to withhold billions of dollars in federal funds that had previously been approved for states and other grantees. The complaint, filed […]
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule, a move the Department of Agriculture (USDA) says will remove longstanding restrictions on road construction and timber harvesting across nearly 59 million acres of the National Forest System. The Roadless Rule, enacted in 2001, prohibited […]
A federal appeals court has blocked Louisiana from enforcing a law that would have required the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom across the state’s public schools and universities, ruling the statute “plainly unconstitutional” and a violation of the First Amendment. The legislation, signed by Republican Governor Jeff […]
Music lovers in Champaign County are in for a treat as the Painkillers Blues Band takes the stage at the Summer Concert Series, set for June 29 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Interpretive Center in Homer Lake Forest Preserve. The Painkillers Blues Band, a central Illinois favorite, is […]
President Donald Trump: Thank you very much. A short time ago, the US military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) emergency request to stay a lower court order that required the government to provide advance notice and an opportunity to contest deportations to so-called “third countries”, nations other than a migrant’s country of origin or prior residence. The […]
A federal judge in the Northern District of Texas has vacated the Biden administration’s 2024 amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that sought to strengthen privacy protections for reproductive health care information. The ruling, issued in the case Purl v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, found that the […]
The William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College is set to ignite imaginations this week with two highly anticipated planetarium shows: One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure and Niyah and the Multiverse. These interactive experiences are scheduled for Tuesday, June 24, and Thursday, June 26, 2025. One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s […]
