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Approved by voters last year, Proposition 47 lets people with some nonviolent felonies petition to reduce their crimes to misdemeanors. It's giving former offenders access to better opportunities.

A proposal from Bloomington City Council member Jamie Mathy has re-energized a longstanding conversation about where new housing should go – on the edges of town, or closer to its core – and the financial implications of those decisions.

A federal court in Texas is reviewing a case challenging the state's planned overhaul of its congressional map. The plaintiffs argue the map was intentionally drawn to hurt minorities.

The Village of Danvers was among the more-local municipalities who received notice from the state that the levels of manganese in its water supply was too high.

Texas Democrats joined Gov. JB Pritzker at a Sunday night news conference in Carol Stream, where the Democratic governor railed on President Donald Trump as a “cult leader” and “would-be dictator of the United States” for demanding redistricting.

A series of rules changes by the state's highest court is aimed at attracting new lawyers to work in areas of the state with dire need. Nine out of 10 lawyers admitted between 2020 and 2024 work in Cook and surrounding counties.

A plan to build a village of small cabins for unhoused individuals just south of downtown Bloomington received a green light Monday night from the city council.

The federal government is planning a massive system of floodwalls, pumps and surge barriers for Miami. But it doesn't address the more frequently felt threat from rising sea levels.

Janet Mariani needed a home for her first business—an ice cream shop. She chose Downtown Bloomington.She considered Uptown Normal instead. But it already…

Peoria County is adding seven more COVID-19 fatalities from weeks or even months ago to its death toll.