Election officials in McLean County said the president's efforts to restrict voting by mail aren't affecting them, for now.

The Bloomington city manager said a long public forum on data centers this week was just the early part of the discussion about data center policy.

Illinois will receive up to $768 million over a 10-year period, which will be used for youth mental health and online safety training programs.

Gov. JB Pritzker said he doesn't want to see McLean County farmland given up for data centers. He said the state should be pumping the brakes on the industry rather than rolling out the red carpet for it.

JB Pritzker signed a new law to establish statewide rules and regulations for electronic bikes and scooters, also known as e-bikes.

A lawsuit seeks to block the Postal Service from enforcing new rules prohibit transmitting mail ballots to or from anyone not listed on a federally approved database of U.S. citizens.

In all, 655 phone calls came into Bloomington and Normal emergency call centers during recent thunderstorms and high winds. That volume overloaded dispatchers at certain points, but the system functioned as designed.

Speaking to the group of well over 100, Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey emphasized that despite his loss to incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker four years ago, he thinks Illinois residents are ready for change wherever they live.

Normal Police Chief Steve Petrilli said officers have noticed an uptick in homelessness in and near Uptown Station, but that's not the focus of an ordinance update.

"I want everyone to sit down, have coffee, have cookies and educate one another,” said John Danenberger.