Downtown Bloomington

A modified plan for the first phase of Bloomington’s downtown streetscape project sparked a lengthy discussion during Monday’s city council meeting.

The city council is scheduled to vote on the $13.2 million agreement on Monday that the city reworked after the only bid came in substantially higher than the city has planned to spend on the 300-600 blocks of North Main Street.

U.S. Senate candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi spoke to Bloomington-Normal area Democrats during a stop Friday in downtown Bloomington.

Bloomington's city manager says the newly-passed massage business ordinance will do more than help shut down illicit businesses.

The Bloomington gallery's final day at its current location on the downtown square will be July 11.

You should not expect any big transformational project to be straightforward. That's a takeaway from Part 2 of our series "Hard Things" about the heavy lifts and big dream efforts our society and community achieve.

The mayor thinks there is a need for more regulation of massage businesses to prevent sex trafficking, and agrees the city council did the right thing in postponing consideration of an ordinance to do that.

A mural celebrating 169 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "lost speech" in Bloomington was unveiled Thursday evening downtown.

Fifteen colorful circus-theme sidewalk murals connect downtown to the Bloomington Public Library. A celebration is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, May 31, at the library.

A study done for the City of Bloomington has estimated the cost to dredge Lake Bloomington at more than $35 million.