Lyndsay Jones
ReporterLyndsay Jones is a reporter at WGLT. She joined the station in 2021. You can reach her at lljone3@ilstu.edu.
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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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The changes come after the Illinois Supreme Court convened a five-person task force in January to address an “unprecedented and unsustainable” load on the courts tasked with reviewing whether lower court judges applied the law correctly.
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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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Donors gave more than $2.7 million to an annual fundraiser for Illinois Wesleyan University, breaking last year's record of just over $2.6 million.
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In addition to being a cat lover herself, Lauri Meins said she opened The Cat's Meow to build community and give people an opportunity to experience the "natural seritonin you get from having a kitten in your lap."
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Sheahon Zenger will succeed outgoing Illinois Wesleyan president Georgia Nugent, who will step down at the end of the academic year. Zenger will assume the private liberal arts university's top job on July 1.
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"We have to sustain the commitment — and, frankly, the accountability," Ward 7 council member Mollie Ward said about Bloomington's pledge to prioritize accessibility as work on revitalizing downtown Bloomington via the adopted streetscape plan unfolds.
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Nita Farahany is a Duke University professor whose research focuses on emerging technologies and the legal, ethical and social implications that come with their development. She is the keynote speaker for the ISU's Science and Technology Week, presented by College of Applied Sciences and Technolgy. Farahany is scheduled to speak at the Bone Student Center at 7 p.m. Monday
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The full names, addresses and birthdates of some Illinois voters were published last week on a series of websites started by conservative activist Dan Proft. The state Board of Elections said it's asked the company that manages those websites — Local Government Information Services — to take the information down.
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During a visit in Bloomington-Normal, U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen said he will not support a version of the farm bill that does not include funding for a federal nutrition program.