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The Federal Aviation Administration enacted a limit on the number of daily flights out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport a few days before the flights were set to begin. The new target was October 2026, but the FAA recently extended its limit to October 2027.

An inaugural plane pull event raised thousands of dollars for Special Olympics Illinois Saturday.

The Central Illinois Regional Airport is giving a big thank-you to Congressman Darin LaHood for coming through with $1.5 million in grant money.

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.