McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has announced her candidacy for re-election.… MORE
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McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has announced her candidacy for re-election.… MORE
Bloomington City Council member Jenn Carrillo will probably not lead a task force guiding the city’s decisions how to implement the state’s new law legalizing recreational marijuana use, even though forming the task force was her idea.… MORE
A freshman lawmaker from Central Illinois is seeking a second term after making his mark opposing Gov. JB Pritzker’s agenda.… MORE
The Bloomington City Council will decide Monday night whether to form a committee that would come up with ways the city can implement the state’s new law legalizing recreational use of marijuana.… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD– Part of the frustration – his word is “passion” – Brock Long feels as a freshly departed administrator of FEMA is a lack of financial education, including among community leaders. “If you are a citizen, you get money from FEMA because you are uninsured. What if Congress started providing incentives…… MORE
It’s full-speed ahead for a new brewpub and restaurant in Uptown Normal, but that would not have been the case had the Normal Town Council turned down tax rebates earlier this week.… MORE
The Normal Town Council’s use of tax breaks to generate Uptown development won the applause of some community leaders who addressed the council Tuesday night.… MORE
Tuesday night’s meeting of the Normal Town Council may wind up again showing political differences that have been evident since April’s election.… MORE
The Normal Town Council will be asked Tuesday night to approve a $150,000 tax rebate package to help business owners wanting to open a brewpub in Uptown Normal.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker pledges to remain “fully engaged” in his job even as he recovers from a hairline fracture to his left thighbone.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…