The Blue-Collar Recovery
— September 19, 2018The economic recovery is really beginning to reach into Trump country. The president is famous for his extravagant promises, involving, invariably, the biggest and the best. The landscape…
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American Slapstick
— September 19, 2018This is one of those “good news, bad news” situations. First, the good news: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has communicated his continuing trust in President Donald Trump…
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McLean County Calendar of Events Sept. 19 – Sept. 26
— September 19, 2018SEPT. 20 Diabetes Clinic: Creating a No-Waste Kitchen Thursday, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Woodford County Extension Office, 109 E. Eureka Ave., Eureka Free Learn to do your part in conserving…
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McLean County News Briefs
— September 12, 2018McLean County ISU total enrollment down, but freshman counts up Illinois State University’s total student enrollment this fall is down less than 1 percent, though the campus is reporting…
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Neil Armstrong Didn’t Forget the Flag
— September 12, 2018History is usually airbrushed to remove a figure who has fallen out of favor with a dictatorship, or to hide away an episode of national shame. Leave it to Hollywood to erase from a…
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McLean County News Briefs
— September 19, 2018McLean County Bloomington-Normal YMCA expansion progresses An unnamed McLean County family has pledged $4 million toward a proposed new Bloomington-Normal YMCA building,…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS: Tar spots, trade guidelines and more
— September 14, 2018In this week’s roundup of farm and rural news: Applications for the government’s financial aid package for farmers affected by the current administration’s trade wars became available…
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Good Grief, Bad Grief!
— September 12, 2018“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Arguably these are even worse times than the mid-19th century, when Charles Dickens wrote his “Tale of Two Cities.”…
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