A Bloomington alderman believes voters should decide whether to build a new downtown library at the site of the city’s Market Street parking deck because taxpayers will have to fund the project.… MORE
A Bloomington alderman believes voters should decide whether to build a new downtown library at the site of the city’s Market Street parking deck because taxpayers will have to fund the project.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is standing by his account of a meeting last week in which President Donald Trump reportedly used a vulgar phrase when referring to African countries.… MORE
A Bloomington realtor wants to take over the soon-to-be-vacant chairmanship of the McLean County Republican Party.… MORE
With key budget decisions looming, a trio of Bloomington aldermen sought public feedback on where to cut spending.… MORE
The idea of a Downtown Bloomington hotel and conference center might have been revived.… MORE
Adovcates of a proposed ordinance declaring Normal a welcoming community for undocumented immigrants have encountered a major hurdle.
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The McLean County Board’s newest member succeeded in persuading a board committee to scrap requirements that would have forced businesses to boost recycling efforts.… MORE
A leader of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Illinois chapter is urging the Bloomington City Council to declare the city a welcoming place for undocumented immigrants even though they’re protected by a state law.… MORE
Anti-abortion advocates failed to block a state law taking effect New Years Day enabling women on Medicaid and Illinois government employees to receive taxpayer financed abortions.… MORE
The hockey team that calls Grossinger Motors Arena in downtown Bloomington its home has rescheduled two of the seven games that weren’t played at the city-owned venue to start the season.… 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…