WGLT Newscasts - 6:32am 6-10-2025

Published Jun 10, 2025, 11:34 AM

This newscast aired at 6:32am on 6-10-2025 on WGLT.

From the WGLT newsroom, I'm John Norton. A move by the city of Bloomington to place new regulations on massage establishments and adult-oriented businesses is on hold for at least 2 weeks. Council member Molly Ward says the city didn't get enough input from legitimate massage business owners and unfairly ties them in with illicit activities.

We need to go through this with a fine tooth comb and let the people who know their business.

Advise us on this. That's how professionals treat each other.

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proposed amendments to city code would increase license and application fees on such businesses in an effort to halt human trafficking. An Illinois Wesleyan University physics professor says the Trump administration effort to choke off the supply of international students in US universities is unwise. Gabe Spalding says many physics researchers and professors are getting recruitment overtures from universities outside the US I have.

And you know, I am teaching in an undergraduate institution, a teaching institution.

My colleagues at uh the research institutions say it's pretty much 100%. Spalding predicts there will be significant brain drain, in particular among young scientists just entering their peak creative years.

A federal court ruling to restore grant funding for AmeriCorps may mean those providing legal help at the McLean County courthouse can continue. 11th Circuit Court Administrator Will Scanlan says statewide funding filled the gap and kept legal aids in place through mid-August. Now they wait and see if the federal government will restore AmeriCorps funding. Justice Corps members help people in civil trials find and fill out the correct forms and get procedural guidance.

And Home Sweet Home Ministry's request for $1.3 million in shelter, village funding moves forward. This follows approval from the McLean County Board Executive Committee. Home Sweet Home CEO Matt Burgess told the committee he expects residents to stay between 3 and 6 months at what's being called the bridge. It's an estimate based on other shelters. The full McLean County Board will vote on the proposal June 12th. Sunny skies in the Twin Cities today and expected high near 78. I'm John Norton, WGLT News.

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