Politics and Government

The Town of Normal has formulated a new way to choose whether, which, and how to place art in public spaces. The town has supported public art for decades, but recently, a controversy over a mural in uptown prompted staff to re-examine the process to make it more intentional.

The McLean County Board on Thursday approved paying full-time essential employees $1,000 and part-time employees $500 if they were unable to work remotely during the first year of the pandemic.

A condensed election schedule in Illinois means candidates have less time to collect signatures to run for county and state offices in the June primary.

McLean County plan to keep its ban on cell phones and other mobile electronics at the Law and Justice Center.

The Bloomington City Council voted 6-2 Monday night to postpone a vote on whether to install controversial police surveillance cameras, capable of automatically reading vehicle license plates.

Normal Mayor Chris Koos, speaking Thursday on WGLT’s Sound Ideas, urged people to get vaccinated, boosted, and to “take care of the basics” of protection from the coronavirus as COVID-19 cases, positivity rates, and hospitalizations set McLean County records.

One year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, elected officials and central Illinois residents said they remember the events of that day vividly.

The record surge in COVID cases is prompting the City of Bloomington to move council and other meetings mostly online for the month of January.

Normal Town Council member Scott Preston says the town should wait to see what needs emerge during the next phase of COVID-19 before deciding how to spend remaining federal relief funding.

Normal Town Council member Scott Preston says the town should wait to see what needs emerge during the next phase of COVID-19 before deciding how to spend remaining federal relief funding.