The idea of a multi-sports complex in Bloomington-Normal is not winning over rural residents, according to the McLean County Board’s vice chairman.… MORE
The idea of a multi-sports complex in Bloomington-Normal is not winning over rural residents, according to the McLean County Board’s vice chairman.… MORE
Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner’s name won’t be on the ballot in next spring’s municipal elections, but he plans to be heard before voters choose their aldermen in four of the city’s wards.… MORE
Bloomington voters will have a decision to make this November about the future of the city’s election commission.… MORE
Central Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood, who said he strongly supported John McCain’s bids for the presidency, is not offended by the way President Donald Trump reacted this week to McCain’s death.… MORE
Central Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood says President Trump’s economic and national security policies are working, although he acknowledged the nation’s chief executive is not a good role model for kids.… MORE
A McLean County judge has until this Friday to rule whether or not McLean County voters will decide the fate of the Bloomington Election Commission on this November’s ballot.… MORE
In a community that revolves around the insurance industry, the Bloomington City Council has directed its staff to continue developing a plan in which residents would have the option of buying insurance to cover potentially exorbitant costs of water and sewer failures on their property.… MORE
Bloomington aldermen have unanimously adopted a new type of liquor license that allows buyers of packaged beer and wine to open the packages and drink at the stores where they made the purchases.… MORE
Who’s that guy with the video camera? If you’re around politics, it could be a “tracker” from the enemy camp.… MORE
Changes have been made to a proposed ordinance in Bloomington that would create a new liquor license classification allowing consumers to drink from packaged beer and wine at the place where they buy the alcohol.… 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…