(The Center Square) – Bloomington police and the McLean County Coroner’s Office are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting that left one person dead and seven injured early Sunday morning.
Police said the shooting occurred during a party at a home, and the injured victims included people affiliated with Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois State University, other universities in Illinois, and individuals not affiliated with a college or university.
Preliminary autopsy results are expected on Monday for a 19-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Bloomington Police Department has provided a Community Portal for potential evidence related to this incident. Students and other community members can submit digital evidence to a community portal for potential evidence.
State takes feedback on digital ad tax
The Illinois Department of Revenue is encouraging public feedback to its draft rules for the state’s 10% tax on gross receipts for targeted advertising services.
Internet industry advocate NetChoice filed a lawsuit against the digital ad tax in September, claiming it violates the First Amendment.
The proposed rules will be available for public review and comment on the homepage of IDOR’s website through 5 p.m. on Nov. 30.
The tax is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1.
State labor department director departs
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has appointed Mike Lazzeri to replace Jane Flanagan as director of the Illinois Department of Labor.
Lazzeri previously worked as regional administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage Hour Division for the Midwest.
Pritzker announced Flanagan’s departure on Friday afternoon.
Congresswoman pushes for citizens-only census
U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-IL, led 44 members of Congress on Friday in a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, endorsing proposed Census Bureau reforms and calling for additional measures to ensure the 2030 census only counts U.S. citizens for congressional apportionment.
The letter said the U.S. saw historic levels of illegal immigration during the Biden administration which “contributed greatly” to the country’s skewed apportionment and enumeration.
Aside from Miller, no member of the Illinois congressional delegation signed the letter.
