Tere left Venezuela to start a new life in the U.S. She has a home, a job and access to gender affirming care. But she worries it could all disappear.

State Rep. Bill Hauter, a Republican from Morton, has announced plans to run for a third term in the heavily Republican district that covers a heavily rural area that includes Bloomington-Normal, Peoria, Decatur and Springfield.

Bloomington city leaders remain optimistic a modified plan to regulate massage businesses will still strengthen efforts to prevent human trafficking, despite the removal of an annual fee intended to fund investigations.

A nuclear physicist from Bloomington-Normal said diplomacy has been the best method to reduce the global nuclear threat.

WGLT and more than two dozen other NPR stations joined a newly filed amicus brief in the lawsuit that aims to block the Trump administration’s executive order to defund public media.

High school and community college students in Illinois will soon be able to earn automatic admission to most state public universities based on their GPA — without even having to apply.

Illinois’ political leaders are reacting to the U.S. military’s weekend strikes of three nuclear sites in Iran.

Bloomington is dropping the proposed licensing fees that massage establishments would have to pay to operate in the city. City staff had proposed a $250 annual fee to cover the cost of investigating the businesses to address concerns about sex trafficking.

The volunteer business assistance nonprofit SCORE Peoria is working to expand its presence in Bloomington-Normal. But those efforts could be facing a major roadblock, as the pending reconciliation legislation in Congress would eliminate the national organization's funding.

Elected officials in McLean County say the lawmaker shootings in Minnesota are frightening – and that they’ve been on the receiving end of violent rhetoric themselves.