City of Bloomington Township

The McLean County League of Women Voters hosted a forum to discuss efforts to address the housing shortage.

The City of Bloomington Township will be reimplementing a financial assistance program for those with housing difficulties.

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.

It was standing-room only at the City of Bloomington Township special meeting on Tuesday where more than 100 people gathered to discuss and vote on whether to place a question on the November ballot concerning U.S. military funding to Israel. The measure failed, and the question will not appear on the November ballot.

A citizen petition requires the City of Bloomington Township to consider a potential referendum that calls for stopping military aid to Israel over the war in Gaza.

Property assessments are used to figure how much property tax home and other property owners must pay. The assessment is supposed to be about a third of the market value. As most people probably know by now, sale prices of homes are going way up in central Illinois.

McLean County residents struggling financially because of COVID-19 could need up to $2.7 million in housing assistance in just the next three months—and a…