Category Archives: News

A 40-year-old Bloomington man is dead following a house fire Sunday evening on East Market Street. The Bloomington Fire Department and Bloomington Police Department responded at 5:27 p.m. March 1 to a...

(The Center Square) - A state lawmaker is proposing a commission to investigate the ties that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking network had with Illinois. State Rep. Abdelnasser Ras...

(The Center Square) - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Energy is offering up to $1.5 million in grant funding for energy efficiency projects at publicly-owned drinking water tr...

(The Center Square) - State lawmakers gathered with victims, parents and advocates in support of a bill requiring Illinois schools expel any student who commits or attempts to commit sexual assault fo...

(The Center Square) - Rail planning advocates say there would be no immediate fiscal impact if lawmakers pass legislation laying the groundwork for more frequent passenger train service in Illinois. H...

(The Center Square) - Illinois Policy Institute's Josh Bandoch points to Springfield when it comes to the state's outlier status on jobs, including the area having lost at least 100,000 posts over jus...

(The Center Square) - A member of Illinois' highly-paid diversity commission disclosed a side job to state officials in a manner that masked the $22,500 she earned for it, an investigation by The Cent...

(The Center Square) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says President Donald Trump is once again sidestepping the Constitution and failing to explain why he is taking the United States into another war. Af...

(The Center Square) - American Civil Liberties Union Director Alexandra Block argues a new study showing black city residents disproportionately face aggression at the hands of Chicago police much mor...

(The Center Square) - State lawmakers say physician assistants are leaving for Iowa because it takes so long to get licensed in Illinois. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation l...