a Better Bubble™

Aggregator

Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.

2 months 2 weeks ago
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Dr. Kirk Moore had been on trial for five days, accused of falsifying COVID-19 vaccination cards and throwing away the government-supplied doses. The Utah plastic surgeon faced up to 35 years in prison if the jury found him guilty on charges that included conspiracy to defraud […]
Jessica Schreifels

ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis

2 months 2 weeks ago
Leer en español. An ICE officer fatally shot a 37-year-old woman driving an SUV through her car window in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. The deadly confrontation immediately ratcheted up the intensity of what was already a brutal crackdown on Minnesota and its immigrants by the Trump administration — and in a community with raw […]
Max Nesterak, Madison McVan, Alyssa Chen

Illinois Officials React After Trump Administration Freezes Childcare Funding

2 months 2 weeks ago
Governor Pritzker Blasts Trump’s Partisan Freeze to Crucial Child Care and Family Assistance Programs Approximately 152,000 children in Illinois are served through the Child Care Assistance Program that the Trump administration is attacking. CHICAGO – Today, the Trump Administration and Department of Health and Human Services announced the freezing of $10 billion in federal funds, including approximately $1 billion for Illinois, for social services and child care across five

Grassley-Durbin Statement on Judiciary Committee's Exclusion from Administration's Briefing on its Operations in Venezuela

2 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today released a joint statement on the Trump administration’s decision to exclude the Senate Judiciary Committee from this evening’s Capitol Hill briefing on the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, who was indicted for drug trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracy: “President Trump and Secretary Rubio have stated that this was a law enforcement operation tha

Rubio to meet with Danish officials amid Greenland push by Trump administration

2 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday he will meet with Danish officials next week, following a recent push from the Trump administration to annex or even use the military against Greenland — a course of action questioned by several Republican senators. Senators sat through a closed, classified briefing Wednesday with Rubio about […]
Ariana Figueroa, Shauneen Miranda, Jennifer Shutt

Attorney General Raoul Wins Civil Hate Crime Lawsuit Against Carroll County Residents Who Engaged In Race-Based Intimidation

2 months 2 weeks ago
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced his office has won the first civil hate crime lawsuit filed by the Attorney General’s office. As a result of Raoul’s lawsuit, a Carroll County Circuit Court judge ordered two white Carroll County residents to pay more than $90,000 for their monthslong campaign of intimidation against their neighbor, who is a Black man. “This behavior is shocking, racist and un-American. I appreciate the judge’s order that shows

Governor Pritzker Announces $24 Million Manufacturing Training Academy Expansion

2 months 2 weeks ago
CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced $24 million is now available in grant funding to establish six new Manufacturing Training Academies (MTAs) at community colleges in the state’s downstate regions to expand training for high-demand manufacturing jobs in Illinois. Grantees will be selected through a competitive Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) process. “Our skilled workforce is part of what

Attorney General Raoul: Appeals Court Affirms Permanent Injunction To Halt Defunding Medical, Public Health Research

2 months 2 weeks ago
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul applauded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit for affirming a lower court ruling permanently preventing the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from cutting funding that supports cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country. The ruling protects “indirect cost” reimbursements at research

Duckworth Cosponsors Kaine's Bipartisan War Powers Resolution on Venezuela  

2 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) is now cosponsoring a War Powers Resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) as well as Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) that would block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress. “Our Constitution requires the American people, through their elected representatives

Missouri Democrats vow to fight any push to increase taxes on sales or services 

2 months 2 weeks ago
Missouri lawmakers returned to work Wednesday to kick off the 2026 legislative session, with Republicans determined to eliminate the state income tax and Democrats vowing to oppose any effort to replace it with increased taxes on sales or services.   Missing from the first day were the partisan fireworks that defined the end of last year’s […]
Jason Hancock, Steph Quinn

Godfrey Plans 'Under 40 Focus Group' Event

2 months 2 weeks ago
GODFREY – Godfrey residents under the age of 40 may have a chance this spring to share their views on how to make the village more attractive to younger individuals and families. Village officials are planning an “Under 40 Focus Group” event at Bakers & Hale with a tentative date of March 30, 2026, according to a memo from Economic Development Director Jim Mager. A group of up to 25 participants will be selected to participate by invitation and asked a series of open-ended