U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is at the center of a dramatic legal confrontation with the Trump administration, following his finding of probable cause that administration officials acted in criminal contempt of court by defying his order to halt deportation flights of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. On […]
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has returned from a closely watched trip to El Salvador, where he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident whose wrongful deportation has become a flashpoint in the national debate over U.S. immigration policy and due process rights. Van Hollen’s efforts to check on […]
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the removal of a proposed class of Venezuelan men detained in U.S. immigration custody, issuing an order Saturday that prevents the government from deporting them under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) until further notice. The emergency order follows an application filed by attorneys for […]
The Village of Mahomet Board of Trustees has voted to implement a 1% local grocery sales tax, set to take effect January 1, 2026, in response to the upcoming repeal of Illinois’ statewide grocery tax. The move is designed to maintain a critical revenue stream for the village, which faces […]
The Mahomet Village Board of Trustees will consider approval of construction plans for Phases 2 and 3 of the Harvest Edge Subdivision during its April 22 consent agenda. Developer Unlimited Holdings, LLC submitted the plans through BKB Engineering, Inc. for the next phases of the residential development, which spans approximately […]
by Isabella Schoonover and Medill Illinois News Bureau, Capitol News Illinois April 18, 2025 SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois chapter of AARP played a role in the Trump administration reversing itself and allowing Social Security beneficiaries to have the option of filing for benefits over the phone. The continuation of phone-based […]
“The Trump administration is paying El Salvador to keep (Kilmar Abrego Garcia) at CECOT,” Senator Chris Van Hollen revealed after meeting with Salvadoran Vice President Félix Ulloa on Wednesday. Van Hollen, who traveled to El Salvador in an effort to secure Abrego Garcia’s release, recounted that Ulloa made this assertion […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has directed a significant increase in timber production and the rapid implementation of forest management projects across a majority of National Forest System lands. This includes 112,646,000 acres of National Forest System lands (59 percent of all national forest acreage). The move, outlined in Secretary’s […]
The Illinois Senate has unanimously approved a bill that would ban carbon sequestration activities near the Mahomet Aquifer, the primary source of drinking water for nearly one million residents in central Illinois. The measure, which passed 55-0, responds to mounting concerns from local communities and environmental groups about the potential […]
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) has issued a health advisory after several squirrels in Urbana were found dead, with one testing positive for tularemia, a rare but serious bacterial disease that can affect both humans and animals. Tularemia is caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, commonly found in wild animals […]
