The deadline has passed to file nominating petitions to get on the ballot for the April 2 municipal election.… MORE
The deadline has passed to file nominating petitions to get on the ballot for the April 2 municipal election.… MORE
The head of an association representing local hotels is providing what a Normal Town Council member described as “scary” data about the status of the lodging industry in town.… MORE
Bloomington aldermen Monday night will review a proposed property tax levy to fund the government next year, and it won’t change homeowners’ tax bills.… MORE
The Bloomington Police Department has rolled out a proposal to the city council Monday night for its officers to wear body cameras that would cost taxpayers about three-quarters of a million dollars over the next five years.… MORE
Candidates eyeing council seats in Bloomington and Normal are filing petitions for next April’s municipal elections.… MORE
One candidate for Bloomington City Council is a candidate no more.… MORE
Seventh candidate enters race for Normal Town Council… MORE
State Rep. Keith Sommer is making his first public comments since winning re-election to another term representing the 88th District in the Illinois House.… MORE
The head of the union representing nearly 1,000 Unit 5 teachers is expressing frustration that the school system’s administration is less than attentive resolving various issues.… MORE
Property taxes are expected to rise in Unit 5 as the school district borrows money the next two years to overcome a multi-million dollar deficit in the education fund.… 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…