Sound Ideas

The number of international students attending Bloomington-Normal colleges and universities will be down significantly when classes begin this month because of the anti-immigration stance of the Trump administration.

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.

Connect Go, the new on-demand public transportation service in McLean County, is looking to expand service to meet what managers see as growing demand.

The massive GOP tax cut and spending plan has huge implications for the American way of life. The bill impacts food assistance, health care for low-income people, farm policy, energy, the environment, and not least, higher education.

Nashville collagist David Wilson hasn't had a solo show in Bloomington-Normal since his MFA thesis at Illinois State. But the community remains an important touchstone of his quarter-century career since then.

McLean County Sheriff's Lt. Jon Albee is looking to replace retiring sheriff Matt Lane next year. Albee says his role as lieutenant in multiple divisions has prepared him to lead the department.

A charity run from Bloomington-Normal to Peoria turns 40 this year. It was the first of more than 30 satellite fundraisers convening in Peoria by foot. Proceeds support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and its affiliate clinics across the country — the first of which opened in Peoria in 1972.

The civic organization Strong Towns BloNo will host a screening of the 2023 documentary based on Harvard University professor Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone."

The Bloomington City Council has now approved an audit and a pause on giving city sales tax money to McLean County government for jail bond debt, criminal justice technology, and mental health services. So, now what?

Health care providers are scrambling to plan for the $1 trillion cut to federal Medicaid spending as they await what the changes mean for Illinois and their organizations.