by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois August 21, 2025 Article Summary JB Pritzker and legislative leaders have suggested Illinois should exercise more regulatory authority over premiums that insurance companies charge for homeowners coverage. That began after State Farm Insurance announced it was raising rates in Illinois by an average 27.2%. […]
The Federal Reserve’s Chair, Jerome H. Powell, delivered an assessment of the U.S. economy Friday at the Jackson Hole symposium. Just days earlier, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi sounded the alarm on sharply elevated recession probabilities. In his annual address, Powell noted that while core inflation has eased closer […]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker sharply rebuked President Donald Trump’s statements on Friday after the president suggested that Chicago would be the next U.S. city to face a federal National Guard deployment due to crime and public safety concerns. Speaking from the White House, President Trump alleged that Chicago was a […]
Former President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he wants Republicans to gain 100 additional congressional seats. In his post, Trump claimed that combining aggressive redistricting efforts by Republican-led states with a nationwide halt to mail-in voting could secure this dramatic increase in seats for his party. Trump wrote, […]
President Donald Trump on Friday showed reporters a photograph that he said Russian President Vladimir Putin had personally sent him following their Alaska summit, suggesting the Russian leader wants to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States “very badly.” During a press conference in the Oval Office […]
Over 750 federal health workers have sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accusing him of contributing to the climate that led to the deadly August 8 attack on CDC headquarters in Atlanta. The violent incident occurred when 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia, unleashed a barrage […]
The waters of the Middle Fork River are about to get a little more… cardboard. On August 30, the Forest Preserve’s Middle Fork Campground Swim Beach will host the 2nd Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. The regatta challenges teams of one to two people to design, build, and race boats using nothing […]
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has confirmed famine conditions in Gaza City and surrounding areas. This is the first time famine has been declared in the Middle East. The IPC declares famine when three critical thresholds are met simultaneously: The latest analysis confirms that all three criteria have […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a divided ruling allowing the Trump administration to proceed with cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health research grants while blocking some aspects of the government’s anti-diversity policies. In a 5-4 split decision, the Court partially granted the government’s emergency […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It’s safe to say that Mahomet teen-ager Austin Ater knows what he is doing. In less than eight weeks during his recent summer vacation, he started a project, made it show-worthy and then showed the Grand Champion in his division at the Illinois State Fair. As […]
