Business and Economy

Broadcast Music, Inc., commonly known as BMI, said they made more than 45 attempts to contact the owners of Six Strings Club, notifying them of copyright violations. Bars and nightclubs are required to license live and recorded music. That includes karaoke and cover bands.

The beer — which uses corn from Knox County — is being made in partnership with Destihl Brewery. It's called “Roots Lager."

The American Farm Bureau Federation has backed off a deadline to eject the Illinois Farm Bureau from the federation. That deadline would have been this coming Friday.

The City of Bloomington may have what looks an awful lot like an austerity budget next year, despite double-digit growth in property value. Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe says one way to deal with a second year of a flat tax levy is through a hiring freeze.

The average price of an existing home sold in Bloomington-Normal this year is $274,895. That's up 44% since 2020.

A Bloomington woman who sued State Farm for wrongful firing, retaliation, and a hostile workplace environment caused by racism has had part of her case restored after a lower court tossed it out.

A Town of Normal fixture is retiring after four decades in municipal government and the town is re-aligning leadership in the wake of that. Inspections Director Greg Troemel oversaw $3 billion in commercial and residential growth.

A Starbucks store in Normal could join the more than 500 locations for the coffee giant that have unionized.

Developer Tom Jednorowicz wants to convert the site into a multi-tenant building with three spaces and a drive-thru for one tenant.

The majority of big Illinois cities recorded job increases last month compared with October of last year. Bloomington-Normal was not one of them.