This newscast aired at 7:04am on 7-2-2025 on WGLT.
From the WGLT Newsroom, I'm John Norton. Governor JB Pritzker has selected his running mate. Christian Mitchell of Chicago served 3 terms as a state representative and 4 years as one of Pritzker's deputy governors. He was introduced in a campaign video. As difficult as life can be, I believe it can be a little bit easier if you've got leaders in government who care about working families, making life more affordable, making health care more accessible. Pritzker calls Mitchell a proven leader with deep experience.
Illinois State Athletics has declared it is opting into an NCAA settlement that allows for revenue sharing with student athletes. Athletics director Jerry Beggs says ISU will need to move its name, image, and like list contracts in-house to remain competitive. Right now, if you can't offer a decent.
NIL package to a men's basketball player, a women's basketball player, they won't come here. So in order to be competitive, we're gonna have to stay in the game. Bagg says it remains to be seen what role the Empower the nest collective will have now that coaches and athletic departments can negotiate directly with athletes.
A Bloomington massage therapist says the city's efforts to regulate their industry may be helpful to combat human trafficking. Melanie Dockery says she was opposed to the annual $250 fee the city had proposed. She can accept a one-time application but still has concerns about how much info the city will want. There's some lingering feelings about being unsure of how this is going to unfold and how.
Much time we might be spending on the application process. Dockery says massage therapists already pay state licensing fees every 2 years.
And kids in the Livingston County town of Fairbury are enjoying a new $6.4 million Boys and Girls Club building. Club executive director Jody Martin says it took years of planning and information sessions to raise enough money to get it done, and they still have over $2 million to go.
The
size of the community doesn't matter. It's the hearts of the people in the community, and if they want something.
They will support
it. The 17,000 square foot space has a high school sized gym, four classrooms, a multi-purpose room, and a commercial kitchen for preparing meals. I'm John Norton.