An Illinois lawmaker wants to repeal the recent gas tax hike during any future economic
downturns.… MORE

An Illinois lawmaker wants to repeal the recent gas tax hike during any future economic
downturns.… MORE
Normal Police said a masked man robbed a local business at gunpoint Tuesday night.… MORE
The school district issued a news release saying a high school student threatened another student early Tuesday afternoon and referred to a hit list with the names of other students. … MORE
An Illinois-based complaint to the National Labor Relations Board has resulted in a union-business agreement being voided to allow workers to hold a vote to decertify the union. … MORE
Illinois got low marks on the March of Dimes annual report card on maternal and infant health.… MORE
SPRINGFIELD – The coldest weather of the 2019 planting season has come, and the harvest is not finished.… MORE
A Bloomington Democrat has announced his candidacy for the McLean County Board.… MORE
The U.S. Postal Service will close its Eagle Station facility on Towanda Avenue at the end of the week.… MORE
Normal Town Council members believe they’ve figured out how to avoid a hefty increase in property taxes next year, and perhaps temper some of the criticism leveled against elected leaders for raising taxes.… MORE
For prospective authors and creative writers, November has become known as National Novel Writing Month, and the Bloomington Public Library celebrated with its annual Local Authors Fair.… 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…