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The electric automaker Rivian says it’s cutting over 100 manufacturing jobs to “improve operational efficiency” as it prepares to launch production of a new vehicle in Normal.

An electric-vehicle expert from the University of Illinois talks to WGLT about legislation that would kill $7,500 tax credits, add a new $250 fee, and pull back on charging-station spending.

An Illinois Wesleyan University physics professor says the Trump administration's effort to choke off the supply of international students at U.S. universities is unwise. The administration is taking a hard line on visa approvals for international students, particularly those from China.

Florida-based Pentus Health is nearly complete with the first stage of a new health clinic in west Normal that will be able to serve nearly all of Rivian's employees.

Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe on Saturday told graduating students at his alma mater to stay idealistic and curious and to “tune out the noise” ‒ and that life’s biggest challenges are when you learn the most.

Leaders at the electric automaker Rivian said Tuesday they’ve recorded their second-straight profitable quarter to start 2025, even as President Trump’s tariffs present “significant uncertainty” and will raise production costs by several thousand dollars per vehicle.

The Town of Normal wants a homeless encampment removed by the end of the month.

Rivian will get $16 million in state incentives plus more local tax breaks to help build a new supplier park just west of the electric automaker’s manufacturing plant in Normal, officials said Monday. The project is expected to fortify Rivian’s supply chain and create “hundreds of new jobs” once suppliers move in.

Gov. JB Pritzker has named a Rivian executive to the board of trustees at Illinois State University. Julie Hoeniges is director of trade compliance at Rivian. She is an ISU graduate.

The electric automaker Rivian said Wednesday that it’s spinning off a micromobility business into its own separate startup, called Also.