On this Earth Day, the Illinois Department of Transportation is getting in on the good-for-the-planet action.
Politics
Bloomington council set to promote staffer to city clerk
By Howard Packowitz Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason is asking aldermen Monday night to name Leslie Yocum the next city clerk, and also adopt a cost-saving plan to reorganize the clerk’s office and improve customer service. Yocum has served as clerk in an interim capacity since December when Cherry Lawson took a city clerk’s…
Illinois State Redbirds
Tuesday scoreboard, Wednesday schedule
Tuesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.
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Body camera footage shows moments police opened fire in controversial Yale shooting
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Body camera footage shows moments police opened fire in controversial Yale shooting
A 24-year-old man has come forward to claim the third-largest jackpot in US lottery history
Voices
WJBC Voices: Jay Bee, CEO
Much of the legal analysis in law school is taught via the hypothetical question, wherein the professor poses a set of facts embodying the issue studied, and asks students to predict the outcome, based on those facts.
WJBC Voices: Understanding TIF investments
As we near another local election, understanding what a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district is and its role in economic development seems unclear to many I talk to.
WJBC Voices: JB the CK
Based on the budget, Pritzker ought to change his initials from J.B. (whatever they stand for) to C.K. (Can Kicker).
WJBC Voices: Raising the minimum wage–is it so traumatic?
Newly-elected Governor J.B. Pritzker has promised to raise the Illinois minimum wage.