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Ralph Weisheit/WGLTThe 400-plus members of the graduate student workers union at Illinois State University will vote Oct. 4 on whether to strike. Union bargaining team member Trevor Rickerd said the union and university administration remain far apart on economic issues, including pay and mandatory fees of $2,500 for ISU graduate students. -
Amr Alfiky/APState incentives would be needed to secure a $1 billion Samsung electric vehicle battery plant in Bloomington-Normal. And top state officials are saying little about any potential negotiations with Samsung SDI, the subsidiary of the Korean giant that deals with battery technology.
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The City of Bloomington could restore its moratorium on utility shutoffs, but only for a few weeks. The city council on Monday will consider a request to stop utility shutoffs through the end of September. -
Of all the many shifts and twists in U.S. society since the twin towers fell 20 years ago, none may be quite as profound as in the aviation industry. Now 35 years into his career, Central Illinois Regional Airport Director Carl Olson was an airport director on 9/11 as well, in upstate New York.
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State Farm will host the one-day virtual Tech Astra summit Oct. 2, for girls in fourth through eighth grade. The summit aims to educate students about opportunities in the STEM fields.
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State Farm will host the one-day virtual Tech Astra summit Oct. 2, for girls in fourth through eighth grade. The summit aims to educate students about opportunities in the STEM fields.
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A battery expert says if Samsung decides to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Bloomington-Normal, the community would need to generate enough water and possibly more electricity to sustain it.
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Expanded jobless benefits in the U.S. are set to expire next week. The two U.S. House members who represent Bloomington-Normal told McLean County business leaders they believe allowing those benefits to expire will put more Americans back to work.
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Bloomington-Normal’s Black business community came out in force Thursday night for a meet-and-greet with Illinois State University students and others.
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Central Illinois congressman Darin LaHood says two top Biden administration officials should resign over the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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State Farm has so received over 15,000 claims in relation to Hurricane Ida
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The pandemic has reshaped the American labor market in many ways. For some workers, it’s prompted soul-searching about the difference between a job and a career – and what's fair pay for either.
