From the WGLT newsroom, I'm John Norton. Some unhoused residents of a tent encampment near AutoZone in Normal say they are not leaving despite a June 1st dispersal date. One of those unhoused residents is 68 year old Laura Lane. This is heinous.

From the WGLT newsroom, I'm John Norton. Some unhoused residents of a tent encampment near AutoZone in Normal say they are not leaving despite a June 1st dispersal date. One of those unhoused residents is 68 year old Laura Lane. This is heinous.

This is elder abuse, and it's supposed to be illegal, and my dog is suffering. Lane and other unhoused residents have moved their belongings slightly south of the encampment in hopes they will not be removed. Other residents have been placed in housing or joined other encampments in town. Repairs are coming to key streets across normal. The town council approved more than $1.5 million in road work. Street segments on Airport Road, multiple on Hay Avenue, and several that break off of Main Street are included.

This is elder abuse, and it's supposed to be illegal, and my dog is suffering. Lane and other unhoused residents have moved their belongings slightly south of the encampment in hopes they will not be removed. Other residents have been placed in housing or joined other encampments in town. Repairs are coming to key streets across normal. The town council approved more than $1.5 million in road work. Street segments on Airport Road, multiple on Hay Avenue, and several that break off of Main Street are included.

The work begins this month and should be completed by mid October. Council member Karen Smith says the cost per mile of resurfacing was lower than in previous years.

The work begins this month and should be completed by mid October. Council member Karen Smith says the cost per mile of resurfacing was lower than in previous years.

A Republican lawmaker from Logan County who voted against the state budget says the state should have done more for farmers. State Senator Sally Turner, who represents parts of Bloomington Normal, says she was disappointed the budget kept funding flat for soil and water conservation districts after the state reduced its funding last

A Republican lawmaker from Logan County who voted against the state budget says the state should have done more for farmers. State Senator Sally Turner, who represents parts of Bloomington Normal, says she was disappointed the budget kept funding flat for soil and water conservation districts after the state reduced its funding last

year.

year.

There's nothing new for farmers for, um, conservation issues such as, um.

There's nothing new for farmers for, um, conservation issues such as, um.

Um, the different things that they use for cover crops and things of that nature.

Um, the different things that they use for cover crops and things of that nature.

Turner says the state budget overall is too big, and the Republican proposal to force colleges and universities to pay back part of defaulted student loans is a bad idea. That's according to Heartland Community College president Keith Cornell. In the past number of years we've reduced the number of loans by 60% of students receiving.

Turner says the state budget overall is too big, and the Republican proposal to force colleges and universities to pay back part of defaulted student loans is a bad idea. That's according to Heartland Community College president Keith Cornell. In the past number of years we've reduced the number of loans by 60% of students receiving.

From our college because we have found other ways in order to say look, we don't want you to take loans because we don't believe it's good for you in the long term. Cornell says it doesn't serve students well for colleges to avoid admitting them because of loan risk. He particularly doesn't like a provision of the bill that would make Heartland Community College responsible for loans that transfer students took out at previous schools. I'm Norton, WGLT.

From our college because we have found other ways in order to say look, we don't want you to take loans because we don't believe it's good for you in the long term. Cornell says it doesn't serve students well for colleges to avoid admitting them because of loan risk. He particularly doesn't like a provision of the bill that would make Heartland Community College responsible for loans that transfer students took out at previous schools. I'm Norton, WGLT.