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Illinois State University students have joined their counterparts on dozens of college campuses nationwide in setting up tent encampments to demonstrate support for Palestinians.
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The City of Bloomington held a public meeting Monday evening on a proposed Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Plan for the downtown area. The proposal would create a new TIF district in the downtown area.
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As expected, the Bloomington City Council Monday night approved Deputy City Manager Jeff Jurgens as Tim Gleason's replacement. Billy Tyus, the other deputy city manager, did not seek the position and will remain in his current role.
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Echoing a familiar refrain in the Twin Cities, outgoing Bloomington Housing Authority Executive Director Jeremy Hayes says any additional rental housing would help the community's lowest income renters.
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Bloomington wants to partner with Home Sweet Home to put around $1 million in federal grant money toward shelter improvements. That includes solar panels, potential shelter expansion and the development of a non-congregate shelter for those currently encamped across the city.
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Jeff Jurgens, a longtime employee of the city who's been deputy city manager just more than a year, is set to become city manager once Tim Gleason leaves early next month.
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Connect Transit General Manager David Braun said a federal study already has approved the parking deck site and plans are underway to review several submitted proposals for construction.
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The contract calls for a 15% raise spanning four years, including a 6% hike in 2024, a 5% raise in April 2025 and then 2% raises in 2026 and 2027.
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Weeks after two high-profile resignations at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday appointed the first-ever executive director to help lead the beleaguered agency.
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Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe has been informally telling friends and people who have asked him that he will seek a second, four-year term for a couple months. It's now official.
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County Clerk Kathy Michael apologized for the treatment of Tres'von Milligan-Evans, saying election judges make mistakes but that the ballot was ultimately counted. The county board also formally passed some procedural rule changes.
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Governor calling for sweeping changes in regulation; report shows state facing skyrocketing costs.