The Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council [EDC] and YWCA McLean County are proposing significant public and private sector investment in affordable child care for the community. After a yearlong study, the report Building McLean County’s Future: A Collaborative Strategy for Childcare Solutions, lays out average child care costs that, coupled with mortgage or rent payments, consumes about half the income of a median household [$78,500] in McLean County.

The Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council [EDC] and YWCA McLean County are proposing significant public and private sector investment in affordable child care for the community.&nbsp;After a yearlong study, the report Building McLean County&rsquo;s Future: A Collaborative Strategy for Childcare Solutions, lays out average child care costs that, coupled with mortgage or rent payments, consumes about half the income of a median household [$78,500] in McLean County.

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EDC and YWCA report lays out McLean County's child care crisis

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We cover breaking news on-air and online, while striving to dig deeper into the more complex and pressing issues facing our community; including a homelessness, a housing shortage, crime, education, government and more.

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WGLT also engaged in a wide range of enterprise reporting, spotlighting lesser-known manufacturing businesses that have helped grow the Bloomington-Normal economy in a week-long news series and highlighting some of the many services offered to military veterans in Bloomington-Normal in a special Veterans Day broadcast of our news magazine Sound Ideas.

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And in a nod to WGLT"s rich legacy of music, the station's hosted its first Highway 309 Studio Sessions contest which received submissions from Illinois State University student musicians.

WGLT's entry for the Crystal Mic Awards for Best Station.&nbsp; 
WGLT, an NPR affiliate, is focused on providing hyper local news coverage to Bloomington-Normal and the surrounding communities.&nbsp; We cover breaking news on-air and online, while striving to dig deeper into the more complex and pressing issues facing our community; including a homelessness, a housing shortage, crime, education, government and more. WGLT provided extensive coverage of a triple-murder suicide which shook the community, while exploring the challenges domestic violence victims often face when seeking protection, the community's efforts to help its rising population of unhoused residents, the various local impacts caused by the Trump administration and focusing on the allegations involving one of its largest employers. WGLT also engaged in a wide range of enterprise reporting, spotlighting lesser-known manufacturing businesses that have helped grow the Bloomington-Normal economy in a week-long news series and highlighting some of the many services offered to military veterans in Bloomington-Normal in a special Veterans Day broadcast of our news magazine Sound Ideas. Arts, culture and history are also part of WGLT&rsquo;s legacy that we continue to serve, while trying to profile the people in our community who are doing great things that may otherwise go unnoticed. And in a nod to WGLT"s rich legacy of music, the station's hosted its first Highway 309 Studio Sessions contest which received submissions from Illinois State University student musicians.

Best Station Crystal Mic Awards 2025

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Eureka-Goodfield EMS will be the first service in Illinois to offer a pre-hospital blood transfusion program. Two ambulances will now carry two units of O-positive red blood cells and two units of plasma. Dr. Matthew Jackson, medical director of pre-hospital and EMS at OSF HealthCare, tells student reporter Ben Howell why this area of patient care has been growing.

Eureka-Goodfield EMS will be the first service in Illinois to offer a pre-hospital blood transfusion program. Two ambulances will now carry two units of O-positive red blood cells and two units of plasma. Dr. Matthew Jackson, medical director of pre-hospital and EMS at OSF HealthCare, tells student reporter Ben Howell why this area of patient care has been growing.

OSF, ImpactLife help provide blood services to Eureka-Goodfield EMS

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Child care in Bloomington Normal costs more than college tuition at Illinois State University -- if you can find it. A new report on a child care availability and affordability crisis in McLean County is out from the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council and YWCA McLean County. WGLT talks to Nora Harrison from the EDC and Liz German from the YWCA.

Child care in Bloomington Normal costs more than college tuition at Illinois State University -- if you can find it. A new report on a child care availability and affordability crisis in McLean County is out from the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council and YWCA McLean County. WGLT talks to Nora Harrison from the EDC and Liz German from the YWCA.

Part 2 of child care interview with YWCA McLean County and EDC

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EDC and YWCA report lays out McLean County's child care crisis

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