By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District is receiving a $5 million grant from the state to help fund sewer infrastructure upgrades. The grant will help fund a Three Phase Project which will install about six and a half miles worth of sewer pipes, stretching from the BNWRD ...

By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - From the early age of 16, Carla Barnes-Wheeler was essentially on her own, having to navigate the world through her family's adversity. "I didn't come from privilege. I came from perseverance," said Carla Barnes-Wheeler, this week's CI Hero and the Circuit Court Judge of ...

By JACQUES ABOU-RIZK Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - In downtown Chicago, people have been spotting Google's Waymo automated vehicles testing and mapping the Windy City's streets. For now, the autonomous vehicles must be driven by a human, as the industry seeks the endorsement of stat...

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Republicans are blaming Democratic policies, such as unfunded mandates on local governments and school districts, for raising property taxes while failing to provide other financial assistance. A report by the Cook County Treasur...

By REECE DOWER Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary While the state program that created them is still relatively new, Illinois' clean energy workforce hubs are struggling to convert training into employment. State data shows 15%, or 124, graduates statewide have secured jobs in the ...

By: GEORGE ALEXANDRAKIS Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary: Gov. JB Pritzker is urging Congress to authorize year-round E15 gasoline sales, arguing it would stabilize fuel markets and support rural economies. The push comes as federal restrictions continue to limit summer E15 sales...

SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats have added a new abortion access measure to their agenda that would allow people with limited or no insurance to get financial assistance for abortion care in Illinois. House Bill 5408 would take advantage of an under-used provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires ...

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Cook County officials announce recent incidents, including Thursday, of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showing up at courthouses in violation of a new state law prohibiting such actions. It was the fifth known inci...