Food pantries in Central Illinois are bracing for an uncertain future because of changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP]. According to the Illinois Department of Human Services, 120,000 people could lose their benefits. Non-disabled people up to age 64 now have to work or volunteer 80 hours a month to keep their SNAP benefits. The changes took effect May 1.

Food pantries in Central Illinois are bracing for an uncertain future because of changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP].&nbsp;According to the Illinois Department of Human Services, 120,000 people could lose their benefits. Non-disabled people up to age 64 now have to work or volunteer 80 hours a month to keep their SNAP benefits.&nbsp;The changes took effect May 1.

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Central Illinois food pantries prepare for higher need due to new SNAP requirements

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When a couple finds out they're pregnant, one would think the first phone call would be to a family member or friend. Instead, expectant parents have been phoning childcare facilities to get on waitlists for their unborn child. That's according to Molly Robinson, owner and director of the newly opened Farmhouse Early Learning and Development in Bloomington.

When a couple finds out they're pregnant, one would think the first phone call would be to a family member or friend.&nbsp;Instead, expectant parents have been phoning childcare facilities to get on waitlists for their unborn child.&nbsp;That's according to Molly Robinson, owner and director of the newly opened Farmhouse Early Learning and Development in Bloomington.

A new state agency aims to ease McLean County's childcare crisis. Providers say the money problem remains.

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As Central Illinois swelters in the summer heat, most people have someplace to go to cool off. Not so long ago, it wasn’t like that. Chilled air has been around for only a century yet there are few things that have had larger effects on civilization. Major cities in the southwestern U.S. would not be as large as they are now, or perhaps there at all. Even in the Midwest, air conditioning shapes us all.

As Central Illinois swelters in the summer heat, most people have someplace to go to cool off. Not so long ago, it wasn&rsquo;t like that. Chilled air has been around for only a century yet there are few things that have had larger effects on civilization. Major cities in the southwestern U.S. would not be as large as they are now, or perhaps there at all. Even in the Midwest, air conditioning shapes us all.

How the cool came to McLean County

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Five employees of Pop-Up Chicken Shop lost their jobs on the Fourth of July after telling owner Aaron Francis they wouldn't work without the time-and-a-half listed in the company's employee handbook.

Five employees of Pop-Up Chicken Shop lost their jobs on the Fourth of July after telling owner Aaron Francis they wouldn't work without the time-and-a-half listed in the company's employee handbook.

Were the Pop-Up Chicken Shop firings legal?

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Central Illinois food pantries prepare for higher need due to new SNAP requirements

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