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Lake Bloomington stabilization plan up for council consideration
The Bloomington City Council is going to vote on a project to stabilize part of the shoreline at Lake Bloomington at Monday night’s meeting.… MORE
City unveils myBloomington app
City officials say a new mobile app will offer a new way for the public to connect with their government.… MORE
Bloomington to put up new bicycle signs
New bicycle way-finding signs will soon be popping up in Bloomington.… MORE
The FBI’s deal with the devil
James “Whitey” Bulger’s 1959 Alcatraz mug shot. Photo courtesy Federal Bureau of Prisons. When the notorious James “Whitey” Bulger went on trial in 2013 on charges that included racketeering, extortion, and murder, the organized crime boss owned up to many of those actions. What Bulger emphatically denied, however, was cooperating with the FBI as an…… MORE
Unit 5 looks for ways to reduce transportation deficit
Unit 5’s superintendent is looking at ways to reduce costs after the district approved a budget this week with an $800,000 deficit in the transportation fund.… MORE
United Way seeks high schoolers who can ‘take the lead’
Local high school students can get college scholarship money by doing some work outside the classroom through the United Way’s Take the Lead program. … MORE
Ag Research may be a victim of Illinois budget crisis
Agriculture is a big deal in Illinois, and at its flagship university.… MORE
Heartland Community College hosting fundraiser for Joe McCauley Scholarship Fund
A fundraiser will be held next month to raise funds for a second art scholarship in the name of Joe McCauley, an art professor who died in 2009.… MORE
Pension blame lies on state lawmakers
The blame for Illinois’ $105 billion unfunded pension liability mostly falls on state lawmakers, according to a panel of experts.… MORE
Blogs
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…