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Democrat Sean Fagan is running for McLean County Board District 9 because he's seen some "game-playing" he doesn't like among members recently. He's challenging Republican incumbent Susan Schafer, a long-time board member and current Health Committee chair.

The McLean County Board on Thursday rejected a proposal calling for the board to oppose tax-supported services for certain groups of immigrants. The 13-to-7 vote followed nearly two hours of public comments before a standing room-only crowd.

A request to seek a legal opinion about how polling sites can be moved turned into a largely partisan battle during a McLean County government committee…

The Unit 5 and District 87 school boards and several other districts in McLean County have voted to put a sales tax referendum on the April 1 ballot. The proposed 1% sales tax would raise money for school facilities, school resource officers, and mental health programming.

Democrats plan to mount a challenge next year to Republican McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael. Nikita Richards has announced she is running as a…

Applicant OneEarth Energy is seeking a special-use permit to build three sequestration wells in McLean County. The wells would be used to confine carbon underground after it is captured at OneEarth’s ethanol production plant in Gibson City.

Two McLean County school districts will be asking voters to fund school improvements in the March 17 primary election.Officials in the LeRoy and El…

Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady said the decision by the county board executive committee against approving a hiatus on sales tax sharing drives home the seriousness of the matter.

A year ago, Erik Rankin took over as Chair of the McLean County Democratic Party. In that time, Democrats have added County Board seats, elected city…

CO2 pipeline developers with Omaha-based Navigator are talking with landowners in southwestern McLean County about setting up injection wells, part of a pipeline project that would carry liquefied carbon dioxide from Iowa and other Midwestern states to central Illinois.