Colin Hardman

Five months after taking over as McLean County Board chair, Democrat Elizabeth Johnston talks to WGLT about rural public transportation, homelessness, carbon sequestration, and comprehensive planning.

The board previously announced its intent to vacate an earlier transit agreement in a process that hands over operations formerly under Show Bus to Connect Transit.

New and returning city council members were sworn in Thursday as Dan Brady officially becomes mayor of Bloomington.

With a more reliable incentive plan for developers, the council is hoping to bring in multiple types of housing the city needs.

District 87 will implement the ban in the fall, with a structure of tiered consequences for violations. District officials hope teachers and parents will help support it.

The Bloomington City Council on Monday received a presentation on how to make incentives more understandable and effective to developers.

The event featured many volunteers and more than a dozen community organizations offering information and resources for people with autism.

Kim Tarkowski has worked for 27 years as a vision access advocate at the Bloomington-based LIFE Center for Independent Living. She is retiring this week and reflected on her career during an interview with WGLT.

Wesley Ward, an Illinois State University alum from Bloomington-Normal, worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for seven months before leaving voluntarily. He says a lack of enforcement at the CFPB leaves consumers vulnerable, and gives companies an opportunity to get away with breaking federal law.

The county will take proposals that award a maximum of $50,000 to each fire protection district.