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Normal Town Council member Chemberly Harris on Friday said she will be seek the office of mayor in the upcoming municipal election. Incumbent Mayor Chris Koos is running for his sixth term.
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The Normal Town Council approved a new ordinance Monday that will expand the boundaries of the Bloomington-Normal Enterprise Zone to include 320 acres along Rivian Motorway. The zone offers financial incentives for economic development within its boundaries.
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Normal Mayor Chris Koos said Monday he plans to run for what will be his sixth four-year term, in the April 2025 consolidated election.
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Normal Mayor Chris Koos said adding specific protections from discrimination for transgender and non-binary people to the town human relations ordinance is a necessary public signal.
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The Normal Town Council on Monday approved new language in its Human Relations Code, adding gender identity as a protected class and expanding the definitions of sexual orientation and race.
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The $1.5 million project will replace aging building infrastructure for the Children’s Discovery Museum and Ecology Action Center.
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The Normal Town Council hasn't yet decided how to address the loss of grocery tax revenue included in the new state budget, said Mayor Chris Koos.
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The Normal Town Council approved two contracts on Monday related to street resurfacing projects in the town. The council accepted bids from and awarded two contracts to Rowe Construction, a division of United Contractors Midwest Inc.
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The Normal Town Council approved several measures Monday having to do with the pedestrian underpass project at the train station in Uptown.
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Mayor Chris Koos has moved slightly off of his generally free market stance on development projects that could reduce the community housing shortage for mid-tier workers.