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The Bloomington Planning Commission will take up a proposal next week for a 51-unit apartment project on the site of the old Coachman Motel at Washington and Gridley Streets downtown. The Laborer’s Home Development Corporation (LHDC) has asked for a variance to reduce the amount of required parking.
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The City of Bloomington has begun condemnation proceedings on the long-vacant Front N Center building downtown. The former Montgomery Ward department store building has been deteriorating for decades and been a matter of concern during the administrations of the last three mayors.
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Privacy and cybersecurity experts tell Bloomington-Normal residents they need to worry more about containing their information.
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The city manager of Normal said the issues raised by proposed state legislation to eliminate single family zoning are important to the town even though the measure would only affect cities that are larger than Bloomington and Normal.
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The price tag to remove asbestos from the Normal Public Library and renovate the facility in Uptown is now up to $5.1 million.
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George Wendt has served the largely rural and very Republican leaning McLean County Board District three for 14 years. In an unusual event, Wendt faces a primary challenge from Brian Loeffler, a farmer in the southern and western part of the county.
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McLean County had a huge shift to work-from-home employment during the pandemic. In fact, a bigger percentage change than in all but two other counties in Illinois.
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The mayor of Bloomington acknowledged in a WGLT interview that the city's Human Relations Commission needs new people on it. The terms of all but two of the current seven members have expired.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will review the proposal from Constellation Energy to allow the plant to operate another 20 years, through 2047.
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From the hotly contested Cook County state’s attorney race to a referendum in Chicago on money for the homeless, here are the important local decisions on your ballot.