Lea Cline

Those inside the renewable energy sector find themselves at a crossroads as the GOP's massive tax cut and spending bill will sunset tax credits and incentives from the industry. Those groups now face the difficult decision of how to handle environmental projects which are usually years in the making.

The McLean County Board Executive Committee on Monday approved an audit of the county’s 1% mental health and public safety sales tax fund. The full board will consider the resolution at its regular meeting Thursday.

A draft McLean County Land Use Plan is getting pushback from various stakeholders. Regional Planning Commission staff now say they'll change the process.

McLean County Sheriff Matt Lane and detectives from his office discussed the process with the county board's justice committee.

The board appointed Andy Ziebarth to replace Catherine Metsker, who resigned from her position in December.

Previously, the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council [BHCC] — an ad hoc committee composed largely of mental health experts in the area — made spending proposals. The McLean County Board's Executive Committee approved an ordinance Monday to make the group an independent body, stripping members of that authority.

The McLean County Board's Land Use and Development Committee has approved a zoning ordinance amendment that would regulate the placement of CO2 sequestration wells 1,500 feet away from occupied homes, livestock shelters, school or community buildings and commercial/manufacturing buildings.

CO2 pipeline developers with Omaha-based Navigator are talking with landowners in southwestern McLean County about setting up injection wells, part of a pipeline project that would carry liquefied carbon dioxide from Iowa and other Midwestern states to central Illinois.

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when the picture comes from a different culture or time, it's tough to figure out exactly what those words might be. Illinois State University scholar Lea Cline deals with that challenge every day.

The four candidates running to represent the west side of Bloomington on the McLean County Board have different philosophical approaches and different ways to approach the same issues.