Update: 2 Things you need to know

All 3 locations of Marco’s Pizza closed. (Bloomington, Peoria, and Springfield) The increase January 1st to the minimum wage was the final blow. Nice job Illinois! They won’t be the last business to close. The unemployment rate will increase. 1) Expect the same in Illinois caused by economically challenged leftists. https://reason.com/2025/01/03/corpse-president-says-companies-cant-do-what-they-want Seattle minimum wage hike […]

Illinois Employment Statistics: April Update and Job Losses in Bloomington

By: Diane Benjamin The local employment stats in this story were from March: https://blnnews.com/2024/05/20/stats-you-needs-to-see/ April statistics are now out: https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-lags-as-8-of-13-illinois-metro-areas-add-jobs-in-april/ Some cities in Illinois gained jobs, Bloomington continued to lose them. Meanwhile the County just west of us thinks your tax dollars shouldn’t be spent on migrants in the country illegally: https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-05-22/woodford-county-declared-non-sanctuary-for-undocumented-migrants Evidently the far […]

Bloomington: La La Land

By:  Diane Benjamin Monday night Mayor Renner is giving his “State of the City” address.  I bet everything is wonderful and under his leadership Bloomington is making great progress toward bankruptcy, oops – I mean prosperity for all! I wonder if he will inform the people paying the bills why the financial reports from almost […]