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Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO of EDP Renewables North America, says the new hires will get 10 days of classroom and hands-on training at the site.
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Bloomington-Normal has nearly $2.7 million in potential projects included in an appropriations bill that has advanced from a subcommittee to the full appropriations committee in the U.S. House.
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Bloomington Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe said he has a big vision for the annual Juneteenth celebration at Miller Park, emphasizing that marking the end of slavery is important for the entire community.
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Bloomington Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe met with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Tuesday to discuss several projects the city will likely require some federal funding to complete.
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"It's not a matter of being overly aggressive or more aggressive — it's just working through the backlog of those inspections," Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe said in a recent interview for Sound Ideas. "We would be devastated if something were to happen because it's something that we overlooked."
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The Democratic U.S. congressman talked about revitalizing both downtown Bloomington and Uptown Normal, saying there's an emphasis on "bringing our communities back together to this livable, central core."
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The new council members are Jenna Kearns, Ward 1; John Wyatt Danenberger, Ward 4; Cody Hendricks, Ward 6; and Kent Lee, Ward 8. Ward 2 incumbent Donna Boelen also was sworn in following her reelection.
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Mayors from Bloomington and more than a dozen other Illinois cities are calling on state lawmakers to restore the share of income tax revenue that goes to local governments.
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The mayor of Bloomington hopes a beefier ordinance covering vacant properties will improve the building stock in the city. Mboka Mwilambwe said in a WGLT interview the recently-passed rules increase fines for dilapidated structures and require vacant buildings be listed with the city.
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Bloomington Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe got a shoutout from the governor during Wednesday's State of the State and budget address.