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The McLean County Board unanimously approved the new installation to the east of Bloomington-Normal. Landowners supported the plan they say will diversify the use of their farmland.
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It was standing-room only at the City of Bloomington Township special meeting on Tuesday where more than 100 people gathered to discuss and vote on whether to place a question on the November ballot concerning U.S. military funding to Israel. The measure failed, and the question will not appear on the November ballot.
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The McLean County Regional Planning Commission is moving to put its housing recovery plan into practice. After briefing the Bloomington and Normal councils, and soon the county board, commission director Ray Lai said an implementation committee will be formed with more than just governmental stakeholders.
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A citizen petition requires the City of Bloomington Township to consider a potential referendum that calls for stopping military aid to Israel over the war in Gaza.
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The Bloomington City Council heard reports Monday on the affordable housing situation in McLean County, and on progress being made in the first phase of the downtown streetscape plan the council approved last month.
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The Town of Normal is helping the National League of Cities observe its centennial. A century ago, most mid-sized and small cities and towns were agriculture support centers, in essence market towns.
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A publishing company whose politically slanted newspapers have been derided as “pink slime” is being sued by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul for illegally identifying birthdates and home addresses of “hundreds of thousands” of voters.
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Mayor Chris Koos has moved slightly off of his generally free market stance on development projects that could reduce the community housing shortage for mid-tier workers.
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Normal council OKs licensing requirements for tobacco shops, hears recommendations on housing crisisThe Normal Town Council met Monday to discuss several items of business, including a new ordinance establishing licensing requirements for retail tobacco shops and a presentation on the affordable housing crisis.
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Ranked choice voting could be an option in Illinois in 2028. We’re breaking down what that change would look like and why it matters.
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Over $9 million in funding from the Illinois Housing Development Authority will help the McLean County Center for Human Services develop a 24-unit apartment building on Bloomington's west side.