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Due to a battle over funding at the federal level, TSA officers across the country are expected to work without pay, Bloomington's Central Illinois Regional Airport included. The airport authority is asking the community to make donations to support the officers struggling to pay for necessities like gas and groceries.

The Bloomington Normal Economic Development Council has three infrastructure projects and one workforce development program earmarked for a request for funding by Congress and federal agencies as part of the annual One Voice trip to Washington.

Starting in May, the Central Illinois Regional Airport will restore daily flights to Chicago O’Hare International Airport through United Airlines.

The FAA awarded Central Illinois Regional Airport a $12.5 million grant for runway improvements.

The Central Illinois Regional Airport has about $70 million in infrastructure projects underway, or in a six-year pipeline. Some are moving faster than others.

28 Bloomington-Normal leaders head to Washington, D.C., this week, hoping to secure up to $22.75 million for four area infrastructure projects.

The Town of Normal is in a strong fiscal position, but some indicators raise concerns that future budgeting will become a challenge.

There will be major progress this year toward the creation of an industrial park on the southeast side of Bloomington.

A bill moving through the state legislature to make the tax base larger for the Central Illinois Regional Airport also would increase the maximum tax rate that could support the facility. It has passed the Senate and cleared a House committee.

The Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington had minimal disruptions from a nationwide halt to flights ordered by the federal government Wednesday morning.