More than 200 people raised their voices under the direction of the talented Lee Wenger with wife Denise Adams at the grand piano and son Christopher on guitar. That was almost double the audience’s size last year when we resurrected the community event.
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Labor roundup: Unionists blast Hamas, push cease-fire
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With the Middle East war continuing, and with Israeli military entering Gaza to try to oust Hamas forces, union leaders from the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees and the Government Employees back Israeli’s response to Hamas’s attacks. Meanwhile, more than 240…
Straight Talk: Disappointing decisions by execs at BU
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The Watch: Councilors, commissioners taking care of the details
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West Peoria News: A look back on 2023 with an eye on 2024 and City Hall
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Labor roundup: Illinois State faculty unionizes
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‘Unstoppable majority’ organizes in Normal; nurses, pharmacists protesting understaffing
Art Alerts: Peoria Symphony performing ‘Joy of Grace,’ Peoria Players staging ‘The Music Man,’ Cornstock doing ‘The Aliens’
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West Peoria News: Demolition next step in the evolution of our new West Peoria City Hall
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Bell tolls for polls
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Labor roundup: Illinois gives ‘permatemp’ workers raise; Warner Bros. pays big wigs
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Illinois’ new law gives 640k ‘temp’ workers a raise; Google subcontractor fires most staffers for unionizing; dozens of nurses represented by the Illinois Nurses Association are fighting short-staffing and unsafe working conditions