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WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, July 23, 2021.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, July 26, 2021.

Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason says everything has a cost and the city has only so much borrowing power. Gleason says if the council chooses more underground infrastructure work after the flood it might delay other big projects. The start of school is coming up fast and districts are getting desperate for bus drivers. They say they'll beg, borrow, or steal drivers wherever they can. Some schools say this is the worst bus driver shortage they have ever seen. Plus circus route books shed light on discrimination in popular culture. Hear about a new digital exhibit at ISU's Milner Library. And new data comparing a decade of inmates at the McLean County adult and juvenile jails could help shape social service programs.

The McLean County Emergency Management Agency usually spends a lot of time preparing for disasters. But most of the last year and a half have been consumed by, well, emergencies. And they're shorthanded. A great tune and a little reinvention has kept this opera popular for nigh on 300 years. MIOpera begins its season in Bloomington Normal with the Barber of Seville. And, the band Good Morning Bedlam has close harmonies on stage and in the rest of their lives.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, Aug. 2, 2021.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, July 29, 2021.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Friday, July 30, 2021.

Some suggest Illinois use pandemic relief money to reduce a massive unemployment trust fund debt. Governor JB Pritzker says you can't do that. The Governor, though, is wrong. Other States are doing just that. Plus hear about the state budget deficit and the pension problem in an in-depth interview with Governor Pritzker. And weeks after torrential rains caused more than a thousand homes to flood in Bloomington Normal health officials warn the backed up sewage might still be an issue. The McLean County Health Department Environmental Health Director has more.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, July 26, 2021.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, July 22, 2021.