Old wounds have yet to be healed after a contentious local election last year.… MORE
Old wounds have yet to be healed after a contentious local election last year.… MORE
Normal Town Council member Stan Nord’s battle with Mayor Chris Koos came to a head Monday night as the council member responded to a letter Koos sent to Bloomington city leaders last month.… MORE
The head of the McLean County Republican Party said Monday evening that security cameras are being installed at party headquarters on Bloomington’s east side to prevent future vandalism.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker Monday signed a bill touted as a streamlining of Medicaid.… MORE
The demolition of State Farm’s former Downtown Bloomington headquarters would signal a loss of faith in the city, according to one of the participants in a listening and strategy session conducted Friday evening at City Hall.… MORE
State Farm executives told Bloomington city leaders Thursday they still intend to seek a demolition permit for the former headquarters in Downtown Bloomington. However, Mayor Tari Renner said the company is also willing to discuss other options.… MORE
The hostile political climate that’s pervasive in Washington was evident Monday night in Central Illinois as U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) and State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) were greeted by demonstrators and supporters as well.… MORE
Legislation sponsored by State Senator Jason Barickman gives victims of sexual assault new protections when reporting the crime to police or receiving treatment at a hospital.… MORE
Bloomington bar owners and gaming machine operators have Mayor Tari Renner on their side to end a moratorium on video gaming licenses.… MORE
In the national search for Bloomington’s next police chief, city staffers acknowledged they accidentally kept a high-ranking Illinois State Police trooper off the applicants’ list.… 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…