Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

From electric vehicles to renewable energy, Illinois is lagging — and it faces even more challenges with the Trump administration’s waning support for clean energy.

The source of the paint spill was a business along Gill Street, according to a statement from the City of Bloomington. The business was not identified.

The Town of Normal is making progress on an experimental project to remove ammonia from town water by using bacteria.

The unfunded mandate is an important endeavor for public health in the wake of high-profile lead water contamination seen in places like Flint, Michigan, Galesburg and Chicago, but completing the task will require the political willpower of municipalities to figure out how to fund the work.

Unit 5 schools will get almost $1.1 million to buy five electric school buses, with the funding coming from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2023 Clean School Bus Rebate Competition.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded just over $900,000 to four recipients in the state — including McLean County. It’s part of the first round of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funding.

The Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District board has given a plastics recycler until the end of the month to submit documents the district has been requesting for about two years.

McLean County's recycling rate could take a hit after bulk waste hauler LRS Henson Disposal chose not to renew its contract with the City of Bloomington.

State investigators are trying to determine whether a hazardous spill near the McLean-Livingston county line led to a large fish kill on a 20-mile stretch of Rooks Creek.

Continued noncompliance could result in loss of federal highway funding