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Standing outside their 1920s-era bungalow in Bloomington’s Founders Grove neighborhood, Chris Kaufman and Mark Austill peered out from their wide-brimmed…
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Hundreds of proposals for solar electricity projects in Illinois competed to win renewable energy credits in a special lottery that was held Wednesday.The…
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Normal will enact a 2 percent water fee increase as part of the annual budget council members approved Monday night.Beginning April 1, the town’s fee per…
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Two years ago, Patrick Laughlin was looking to make a career change.He was doing customer service and sales in an office, but he was itching for something…
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Illinois State University’s College of Business hosted its 8th annual Startup Showcase this month, with 15 student entrepreneurs competing for cash prizes…
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The YWCA McLean County has saved about $14,000 in the 10 months since installing its 123-kilowatt solar panel.Larissa Armstrong coordinates the Solar…
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The Ecology Action Center is bringing back a program that will make it easier (and cheaper) to convert your home or business to solar power.A solar “group…
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The Zoning Board of Appeals has unanimously endorsed plans to bring the first three solar projects to McLean County.The ZBA voted Wednesday to recommend…
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This week in central Illinois, we’ve seen three straight days of snow, gloomy skies, and temperatures in the single digits. Doesn’t exactly sound like a…
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After years of falling prices for solar power panels, costs have begun rising.Shannon Fulton, the director of Illinois business development at Straight Up…