The Bloomington City Council will decide Tuesday night whether to accept settlements in which two businesses have agreed to pay fines for not obtaining city licenses last year for their video gaming terminals.… MORE
The Bloomington City Council will decide Tuesday night whether to accept settlements in which two businesses have agreed to pay fines for not obtaining city licenses last year for their video gaming terminals.… MORE
The campground road at Comlara Park in Hudson will be known as “Wasson Way,” as a tribute to the retiring McLean County administrator.… MORE
The McLean County Board on Tuesday adopted guidelines for how county employees should use social media, but board members exempted themselves from the new rules.… MORE
The Normal Town Council Monday night paved the way for a possible property rights lawsuit pitting the town against one of its new council members.… MORE
The Bloomington City Council is being asked to sign off on a plan to increase the size of the area’s enterprise zone to help Canada’s Brandt Industries grow its U.S. operations just north of Normal.… MORE
The artists, who sued the Town of Normal and a building developer to protect the mural they painted at Uptown Circle, should welcome and support the town’s plans to spare the artwork from demolition. That’s the town government’s position in court papers filed in Peoria federal court prior to a scheduled court hearing on Monday.… MORE
A proposed change in the job title of elected ward representatives in Bloomington comes at the request of a new city council member.… MORE
The lawyer, representing artists trying to save their mural in Uptown Normal, believes there’s a sense of urgency to prevent its demolition.… MORE
Two people, who sued the City of Bloomington and four of its police officers two years ago, will get $55,000 in an out-of-court settlement if the city council approves the deal Monday night.… MORE
Elected representatives of Bloomington’s nine wards would no longer be known as “aldermen” in the city code if the council passes a proposed ordinance Monday night.… 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…