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By Steve Holland, Moira Warburton and Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and a Republican negotiator said on Friday they were working on a deal to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling after the Treasury Department warned that a June 5 default loomed without action. The two sides have been negotiating for weeks on an agreement to raise the federal government’s self-imposed borrowing limit, with Republicans also pushing for sharp spending...

The Illinois Liquor Control Commission urges those who plan to drink this Memorial Day weekend to practice safe alcohol consumption and avoid binge drinking. Popular Memorial Day activities like gril...

Governor JB Pritzker and the General Assembly say that they finally have an agreement on the budget.  Governor Pritzker says this budget will prioritize fiscal responsibility while making transf...

By Akriti Sharma and Rachael Levy (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given the green light to its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone after earlier struggles to gain approval. The FDA nod “represents an important first step that will one day allow our technology to help many people,” Neuralink said in a tweet. It did not elaborate on the aims of the study, saying only...

Central A&M High School along with the local Moweaqua community are coming together to help the family that lost everything in a house fire on Wednesday. All members of the family made it out saf...

By David Morgan and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could not reach an agreement Monday on how to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling with just 10 days before a possible default that could sink the U.S. economy, but vowed to keep talking. The Democratic president and the top congressional Republican have struggled to make a deal, as McCarthy pressures the White House to agree to spending cuts in the federal budget ...

By a vote of 4-1 the Taylorville School Board voted to start the process to hire an Interim Superintendent.  The meeting started off with public comments and Mary DelValle spoke concerning the c...

The Taylorville Park Board has scheduled a meeting for Monday evening at 7 PM. During the meeting, the board members will go over and approve minutes. They will also carefully review the treasurer&#3...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet to discuss the debt ceiling on Monday, after a “productive” phone call as the president headed back to Washington, the two sides said on Sunday. McCarthy, speaking to reporters at the U.S. Capitol following the call, said there were positive discussions on solving the crisis and that staff-level talks were set to resume later on Sunday. Asked if he was more hopeful after talking to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Martin Amis, a British writer of dark comedic novels, has died at the age of 73, his publisher said Saturday on Twitter. Penguin Books said Amis “leaves a towering legacy and an indelible mark on the British cultural landscape, and will be missed enormously.” Amis died Friday at his home in Lake Worth, Florida, the New York Times reported earlier, quoting his wife, Isabel Fonseca, as saying the cause was esophageal cancer. Amis, the author of 14 novels including...