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McLean County will consider providing more funding to help keep the homeless out of the cold this winter.The County Board is scheduled to vote at its…

A McLean County Board committee is eager to send money from a seldom-used loan program to businesses struggling because of COVID-19’s economic fallout.The…

The McLean County Board of Health voted Wednesday to continue its contact tracer program, at least through November.

McLean County Board chair Elizabeth Johnston said she made no assumptions about whether the city and town would still push the suspension after the county tried to let the idea die, but she said she supports the audit and hopes it can provide a new framework “so that we were all beginning the negotiations again from a shared financial footing.”

McLean County Democrats have their sights set on something that once seemed unimaginable -- gaining majority power on the county board.Republicans…

The Normal Town Council will likely consider an ordinance this spring requiring that apartment buildings provide the option to recycle.The council voted…

A referendum to eliminate the elected office of McLean County auditor doesn’t appear to have much opposition, but that doesn’t mean it will pass. It’s the second time in the last decade people will vote on the issue.

Cars connect to phones all the time now and Normal City Manager Pam Reece says that has implications, having emergency vehicles talk to traffic signals, for instance. Hear how Normal plans to be a smart city. Plus Dewitt County has a new wind farm under construction. There's more about that and the wind power industry. And in past decades McLean County Board redistricting has been a quiet exercise controlled by the dominant Republican party. This year there are enough Democrats on the board to make it a very noisy process indeed.

WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. You'll hear a political scientist's reaction to the new Illinois congressional maps and what they mean for Bloomington-Normal. Plus, an update on COVID-19 in McLean County.

These responses were submitted by Libertarian Michael Suess, who faces Republican Gerald Thompson for McLean County Board. The questionnaire was prepared…