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North Carolina lawmakers have approved new legislative district maps to replace one thrown out by the courts for being illegal racial gerrymanders. But many critics say the new maps are just as bad.

The Normal Town Council will take more time to decide how to spend additional revenues coming from a sales tax increase passed last month. They're…

Route 66 Tourism grew by 50 percent in Bloomington last year.That's according to attendance figures for the Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center in…

Bloomington city officials said Monday an independent investigation into alleged ethics violations by city employee and McLean County clerk candidate…

Local leaders are heading to Washington, D.C., next month to lobby for two new community projects.Economic Development Council CEO Kyle Ham said on GLT's…

Rivian is no longer sharing publicly how many people work at its Normal manufacturing plant – a change in longstanding practice for an electric automaker that’s received millions of dollars in publicly funded tax breaks. And evidence suggests Rivian’s headcount in Normal is much lower than previously thought.

In 1951, 16-year-old Barbara Johns led students in a rural Virginia county on an historic walkout to protest overcrowding at their all-black school. The resulting court case became part of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling 50 years ago in which the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional. NPR's Juan Williams has a two-part report on the legacy of events at Moton High School in Prince Edward County, Va. It's part of NPR's series on the 50th anniversary of the Brown ruling.

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton was the keynote speaker Friday at the Obama Legacy Dinner, held in the Brown Ballroom at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center.

A prosecutor in Tennessee backed off a statement he made earlier in the day yesterday in which he said he was considering whether Justin Timberlake should…

The Baby Fold's pilot doula initiative is the first of its kind in Illinois. Doulas assist with new parents' birth plan and have expertise in mood disorders related to pregnancy and birth.