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After several years of sharply rising catalytic converter thefts State Farm said this year may break the trend. Through the first half of the year, the Bloomington-based insurance giant said thefts are down 37% nationwide and in Illinois.
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Bloomington-Normal and the rest of McLean County have a worker shortage. So does much of the rest of the nation. Policymakers and educators are grappling with a multiyear challenge to increase the supply of workers who can keep the area financially strong and vital.
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Rivian said its third quarter production numbers leave the electric vehicle maker on pace to meet its annual goal. Rivian said in a news release it produced 16,304 from July to September.
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is mixing into the unionization effort at the Rivian electric vehicle plant in Normal. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers is trying to organize the plant. Durbin says he has met with Rivian CEO R-J Scaringe and told him the company should support unionizing efforts.
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Bloomington and Normal collected more than $9.1 million in food and beverage taxes last budget year. That's up 29% from 2019.
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A judge dismissed Carla Campbell-Jackson's claim that State Farm fired her in 2016 after 27 years of employment because she reported an anonymous letter that contained racist and offensive statements that was sent to several workers at a Michigan office of the company.
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The veto of a law to end a moratorium on new nuclear power plant construction in Illinois sets up a battle in the fall veto session. In his veto message, Gov. JB Pritzker appears to be saying the bill isn't ready for prime time.
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Moody's Investor's Service has downgraded the credit rating of a regional bank with a strong central Illinois presence. The one notch reduction of Commerce Bank from a1 to a2 is among downgrades of 10 small to mid-sized banks.
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The Aug. 4-5 event in the northeastern McLean County village celebrates the town's history and looks to its future.
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Illinois State University staff is asking trustees to approve up to $14 million in borrowing to help finance the new Mennonite School of Nursing Simulation Lab Building. Trustees meet Friday to take up that issue and a number of other proposals.