Town of Normal

The Normal Town Council will take up a long-awaited economic development initiative on Monday.

The Illinois Supreme Court has again overruled the appeals court in Alan Beaman’s attempt to sue the Town of Normal and three police officers for malicious prosecution.

Conversations about how to redevelop a prime 26-acre parcel of land in Normal have already begun.

Illinois State University said Wednesday everyone on campus must wear a mask in indoor public spaces.

One piece of the Rivian economic puzzle is less clear: If someone buys a Rivian vehicle, who gets a cut of the sales tax money?

Government officials in Bloomington-Normal still have over half of the emergency funding they received for rent and utility assistance last summer.

Normal City Manager Pam Reece said she is satisfied with the public way the town council debunked council member Stan Nord's unfounded ethics allegations against Reece during a special meeting on the topic last week. Reece said it was important for the morale of town staff to hear council members respond to Nord because such statements have an impact on any group.

The Town of Normal will consider making outdoor dining arrangements on streets or sidewalks permanent for some restaurants that began the practice during the pandemic.

A week after most Normal Town Council members publicly backed the professionalism and ethics of City Manager Pam Reece, the council will consider giving her two retroactive pay raises. The lump sum in back pay would be about $6,900. Reece made $190,550 in 2019 when the council last renewed her multi-year contract.

A majority of Bloomington city council members seemed more concerned with political fallout than any potential litigation when it terminated a tax-sharing agreement with Normal four years ago.