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Gov. Kim Reynolds requests state emergency declaration from Biden administration following collapse

The Davenport Collapse

Gov. Kim Reynolds requests state emergency declaration from Biden administration following collapse

State

Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri

People have flocked from all over the country to see the body.
State

Illinois lawmakers OK bill to limit constitutional lawsuits to Cook, Sangamon County

Democrats who control the General Assembly pushed through a late measure requiring constitutional challenges to state laws to be filed in Cook or Sangamon Counties.
Special Reports

Uvalde To Allen: When Will It Stop?

From Uvalde to Allen, multiple mass shootings have brought tragedy to Texas. On the one-year mark of the Robb Elementary school shooting, we ask when it will stop.
Crime

Man steals backhoe for 10-mile drive to Illinois airport to catch flight

Authorities say a southern Illinois man has been charged with theft for allegedly stealing a backhoe to drive about 10 miles to an airport to catch a flight.
Politics

Some Illinois towns could soon treat food as a public utility at municipal-owned grocery stores

The Illinois House and Senate approved a $20 million grocery initiative to prop up struggling grocery stores and launch new ones to combat hunger in food deserts.
State

Illinois lawmakers advance bills mandating salary transparency, community college credit parity

As the General Assembly wraps up its spring session this week, Democratic lawmakers are advancing a bill that would mandate job postings to include salary range.
State

As assault weapons ban faces challenges, lawmakers consider more gun restrictions

Illinois lawmakers are considering further legislation restricting the possession and marketing of firearms.
State

Measure banning vaping indoors in public places clears General Assembly

A measure that would ban the use of electronic cigarettes inside of public buildings in Illinois needs only a signature from Gov. JB Pritzker to become law.
State

Suspect dead, trooper wounded in southern Illinois

A suspect was killed and a state the trooper suffered non-life threatening injuries in a shooting near Mt. Vernon on Tuesday.
State

Abandoned bison calf back with their herd

An abandoned bison calf is back with their herd at the Neil Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Central Iowa.
Local News

Here's how one border state is preparing for the end of Title 42

Transportation, shelter are key pieces as policy allowing for quick expulsions expires Thursday. Feds' will provide "small number" of troops for border support.

Crews battle fire along 4th Avenue in Moline Thursday night

'Nothing that a whole lot of cardboard can’t fix' | Local theatres to host donation-drive show for Davenport apartment collapse victims

Needed rain likely to return by the upcoming weekend

El Niño is back! How it will impact the weather in the Quad Cities

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Gov. Kim Reynolds requests state emergency declaration from Biden administration following collapse

Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri

Illinois lawmakers OK bill to limit constitutional lawsuits to Cook, Sangamon County

Uvalde To Allen: When Will It Stop?

Man steals backhoe for 10-mile drive to Illinois airport to catch flight

Some Illinois towns could soon treat food as a public utility at municipal-owned grocery stores

Illinois lawmakers advance bills mandating salary transparency, community college credit parity

As assault weapons ban faces challenges, lawmakers consider more gun restrictions

Measure banning vaping indoors in public places clears General Assembly

Suspect dead, trooper wounded in southern Illinois

Abandoned bison calf back with their herd

Here's how one border state is preparing for the end of Title 42

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