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Staff/WGLTThe Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition said data center operators need to be transparent about what the public gets out of the big installations, releasing polling data showing 70% of Illinois residents support tighter regulation of the data center industry embodied in the POWER Act. -
Emily Bollinger/WGLTThe exemption rate for the estate tax of family farm operations was set at $4 million in 2013. The McLean County Farm Bureau said $6 million is a fair rate to account for inflation, but the Family Farm Preservation Act has struggled to make it through the Illinois legislature.
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Biotech startup Symbio Bioculinary engineers the elimination of food waste in Bloomington laboratorySymbio Bioculinary does not concern submission combat or landscaping businesses, it upcycles food waste to tackle the over 30% of meals thrown out in the United States. -
Emergency managers in McLean County have implemented a county-wide ban on open burning until Friday, Sept. 26 because of an increased fire risk. -
A Facebook group providing frequent reports on weather events in Central Illinois has gained traction. -
As searchers continue to look for victims in the deadly flash flooding in Texas, officials are answering questions about the weather forecasts ahead of and during the storm. -
A proposed solar farm in McLean County would be the largest in the county at 300 megawatts of power. Deriva Energy, based out of North Carolina, would develop the Dawson Solar project located nine miles southeast of Bloomington-Normal. -
At State Farm’s Technological Research and Innovation Lab, researchers are not only working on how to best protect policy holders, but also on how they can help to create the best products in housing materials. -
Country Financial Trail will allow access from Raab Road, Vermillion Way and Heartland Community College's The Corn Crib parking lot. The trail will wrap around Birky Pond and run alongside 13 acres of soon-to-be restored prairie land. -
State senators voted unanimously, 55-0, this week to ban carbon sequestration near the Mahomet Aquifer. That's the sole source of water for nearly 1 million people in the region, including much of McLean County. -
The next step in the City of Bloomington’s ongoing efforts to address the foul odor and taste of its water supply will be to reduce algae levels in Lake Bloomington and Evergreen Lake. -
McLean County Health Department's administrator breaks down what is known about the bird flu, or H5N1 strain of influenza A.
