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posted by Isabel Miller
Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 7:41 am

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Anyone see Rep. Slaughter’s bill HB4603? What in the world??

Comment by Wyatt Earp Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 8:20 am
A surprisingly not foggy day in Bloomington-Normal for a change. Darn nice change of pace.

That being said, unexpectedly gloomy looking out.

Yay for Illinois Januaries.

Comment by TJ Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 8:47 am
Rain, Rain, Rain. Also, people being reckless with roads and weight limits. A lot of tax dollars being wasted with carelessness.

Comment by Holding Back Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 8:47 am
Finally getting the siding replaced on the house from those big storms back in June/July. This is how far behind most siding & roofing companies in my area are.

Comment by Leap Day William Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 8:58 am
Is it a police officer’s job to harass people or solve crimes? Having driven thousands of miles on interstates, truly don’t understand the need for highway patrol. They sit on interstates, profile people, look for any excuse to pull them over, so they can look for drugs. Tale as old as time.

Comment by og Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 9:24 am
Township roads in rural Illinois are taking a beating

Comment by Holding Back Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 9:38 am
Jason Isbell at the State Fair (banned punctuation times 10) The State Fair is really on the upswing.

Comment by Red Ranger Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 9:50 am
@og, I’m with you. In fact, I don’t understand the need for IRS agents. I mean, I’ve never cheated on my taxes and I don’t know anyone who has. Why do we have to pay billions to bureaucrats looking for any excuse to get us in trouble? And now that I think of it, why do we have the EPA? Lake Michigan is so much cleaner now than it was when I was a kid. Seems like waste of money to harass companies who are trying their best not to pollute. And another thing, why does the NFL bother having those nettlesome referees? I’m sure if you let them, the players could enforce the rules on their own.

Comment by TNR Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 10:10 am
Illinois State Board of Elections overrules objection to the nomination papers of Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump. 8-0 vote. Electoral Board cited its lack of jurisdiction to rule on constitutional disqualification.

Off to the courts for judicial review.

Comment by Gravitas Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 11:08 am
I learned last night that I can no longer order rolling papers (cones) from Amazon as an Illinois resident (unless I have them shipped to my Missouri address.)

Comment by XonXoff Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 11:52 am
One of our local churches allowed a couple of members to open up DeKalb’s first overnight warming center in a decade. They could use a couple more volunteers, but donations of all sorts have poured in. My favorite part is different local musicians stop by a couple evenings a week to play during supper.

Comment by yinn Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 12:12 pm
The War on Drugs was a tactic mis-used to make everyone a potential “suspect”…anyone the police liked…or didn’t like.

Comment by Dotnonymous x Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 1:44 pm
There is a news story that Teamsters 916 are going to picket the IDOT District 3 office tomorrow.

https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/idot-workers-plan-to-picket-outside-ottawa-office/article_34d482fa-bf06-11ee-a6d8-cfddfcfc8a68.html

Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jan 30, 24 @ 3:05 pm