Mark Jontry

Several service providers in Bloomington-Normal say proposed Medicaid cuts threaten health care locally. The U.S. House recently passed a measure that would slice $880 billion over the next decade.

School surveys show nearly 40 students in McLean County are homebound because of behavioral health problems.

Substitute teaching, but make it full time. That's the idea that at least two area school districts are testing as a solution to an ongoing shortage of teachers and the substitutes who cover their absences.

Some school districts in central Illinois may have school boards that don't agree with Gov. JB Pritzker's mask mandate for students Pre-K through 12. But the regional school superintendent for McLean, Logan, Dewitt, and Livingston counties said this week any superintendent that feels squeezed can lean on the state board of education for backup.

Some school districts in central Illinois may have school boards that don't agree with Gov. JB Pritzker's mask mandate for students Pre-K through 12. But the regional school superintendent for McLean, Logan, Dewitt, and Livingston counties said this week any superintendent that feels squeezed can lean on the state board of education for backup.

Peoria Public TV and regional offices of education in central Illinois are starting a distance learning television channel. “Instructional coaches that…

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At 10 p.m. on a snowy Thursday in late January, Kimberly Maddox and her volunteer team bundled up and wandered the streets of Bloomington-Normal, looking…

Laborer jobs remain in high demand in Illinois and across the United States as companies struggle to find employees. Unions want the next generation of…