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Yearly Archives: 2017
Rep. Brady: Dems should send school funding bill to Rauner
Another special session gets underway in Springfield Wednesday with the focus on education funding.… MORE
Immigration groups urge Rauner to sign Trust Act
Community leaders, from multiple local organizations, gathered in the old Bloomington Junior High building on Tuesday.… MORE
Obituaries: Britt
Obituary for Joan Britt
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Illinois’ U.S. Senators vote against opening debate on Obamacare
Both parties in Washington D.C. say Obamacare is flawed, but Illinois’ Democratic U.S. Senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, voted Tuesday against opening debate to change things.… MORE
Flames tear through three Pontiac mobile homes
Fire destroyed two mobile homes and damaged another in Pontiac on Tuesday.… MORE
Police await DNA tests to identify remains
Tazewell County authorities said skeletal remains discovered Monday might near Pekin may very well be that of missing boy Robert Bee, however investigators can not positively identify the remains until the completion of DNA testing sometime next week.… MORE
Chief: civilian advisory board disappoints Bloomington Police officers
Bloomington Police officers are apparently unhappy having a civilian set of eyes examining the department’s internal investigations, but Police Chief Brendan Heffner said there will be no change in how the officers do their jobs.… MORE
Pole vaulting a family affair for Bradfords
Zachery Bradford of Bloomington High School has accomplished a lot already in his pole vaulting career.… MORE
Central Illinois Regional Airport names new CFO
By Greg Halbleib BLOOMINGTON – A new chief financial officer is in place at Central Illinois Regional Airport. Paulette Hurd began her new duties at the Bloomington airport last month. She came to CIRA after five years as chief accountant for the city of Bloomington. She has more than 15 years experience in public accounting and…… MORE
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Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…