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Home Health Care Worker Overtime Bill Headed To Governor's Desk
Illinois legislators are asking Governor Bruce Rauner to reconsider his stance on overtime pay for home health care workers.  A measure passed yesterday would allow the aides to get the overtime ...
Syndicated Author Nov 30, 2016
House Votes Against Automatic Voter Registration Override
You're going to have to register vote just like you always have in Illinois. Lawmakers failed yesterday to override Governor Rauner's veto of an automatic voter registration law. The plan would have h...
Syndicated Author Nov 30, 2016
Court Orders State To Turn Over Records For Rape Case
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is being ordered to turn over records related to a woman accusing a man of rape at Illinois State University.  Shawn Childs Junior of Chica...
Syndicated Author Nov 30, 2016
No Bail Reduction For Former BHS Teacher Accused of Stabbing Her Husband To Death
A former Bloomington high school teacher will likely stay in jail for a while longer. A judge in Eureka yesterday refused to lower Sarah Mellor's million dollar bond, Her lawyers say the former Spanis...
Syndicated Author Nov 30, 2016
Bloomington City Council Approves Next Step in Establishing a New TIF District
The Bloomington City Council took the next step in establishing another TIF District near the city's downtown. Earlier this year, the council expressed an interest in a TIF to help redevelop the forme...
Syndicated Author Nov 29, 2016
BPD Investigating 2 Armed Robberies
Bloomington police are investigating a pair of armed robberies several hours apart Monday on West Market Street. Police were called for a reported armed robbery at Pop's Grocery, 918 W. Market St. A m...
Syndicated Author Nov 29, 2016
Exelon Update
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner wants to save the jobs at Exelon's nuclear power plants in the Quad Cities and Clinton. He also wants to make sure customers don't pay too much for their power bills. Bu...
Syndicated Author Nov 29, 2016
Man Arrested in Bloomington Shooting Incident
A man is behind bars, after a shooting incident in Bloomington. Twenty-nine-year-old Darvell Williams was arrested Saturday night. Police say they were called out to the 2100 block of East Empire, aro...
Syndicated Author Nov 28, 2016
Man Shot To Death In Urbana
A man is dead after a weekend shooting in Urbana. An autopsy is set for today for Robert Lee Brown, who police say was shot several times at a home Saturday night. There have been three murders report...
Syndicated Author Nov 28, 2016
Study: Exelon Nuke Plants Save Illinois Customers 360-Million Annually
Supporters of Exelon's latest proposal to keep the nuclear power plants in Clinton and the Quad Cities say they have a new study that shows just how valuable the plants are. Supporters say the two pla...
Syndicated Author Nov 28, 2016
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