When an out-of-town developer comes to Normal, Council candidate Joel Studebaker says the promises of property tax revenue and construction jobs can be attractive, but he'd like to avoid them. Normal Town Council candidate Joel Studebaker talks to GLT's Ryan Denham about his concerns over the town's economic development strategy. Plus, some worms can sense magnetic fields. An ISU researcher is finding practical uses for that interesting fact. Ryan Denham talks with Andres Vidal-Gadea. The centennial year of the Russian Revolution is now over and understanding that event helps us understand Russia today. We hear from U of I Historian Mark Steinberg in an interview with Charlie Schlenker. And the Mayor of Normal drops by to talk about Air BNB taxes,a and raising the age of legal vaping.
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