Medicare Advantage has enticed seniors to enroll, but the healthcare provided may not pay off with the promises pitched
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Medicare Advantage enrollees can change plans this month
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Enrollees can switch plans or transfer to traditional Medicare from Jan. 1 to March 31.
The Watch: Outdoor dining in the works; Dunlap deals with confusion over social studies
by Terry Bibo • • 0 Comments
League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
West Peoria News: Practice parade on deck; WPFD funding on ballot
by April Silver • • 0 Comments
The community’s spirit of renewal echoes, bursting forth in building projects, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, and a palpable quickening of the communal pulse as we ponder questions on the upcoming ballot
‘Bad year’ at Bradley: Covenant violation led to $13 million in cuts
by Tim Shelley of WCBU, Peoria Public Radio • • 0 Comments
WCBU investigates what led to the drastic cuts in curriculum and staff on Hilltop’s horizon
WTVP rounds out its new board
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
But questions remain on grassroots level of the reorganization of the public television station
Primary voting runs through March 19
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Presidential races top ballots that include local races, referenda; Peoria County this election has implemented a “voting center” standard for Election Day, so any registered voters can vote at any of Peoria County’s voting locations that day
Op-Ed: Distillery Tax Increment Finance District must account for environmental justice
by contributor • • 0 Comments
No added air and water pollution requiring new state or federal permits should be allowed in the Southside through the TIF. Definitely no carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon capture/sequestration equipment should be allowed because those could be a direct health and safety threat to the surrounding low-income and racial-minority neighborhoods.
Op-Ed: We at Peoria Academy are working for future of our humanities
by contributor • • 0 Comments
We concur with John Hallwas, but offer hope for our future as well. We at Peoria Academy still believe, thoroughly, that “education should cultivate the individual for contributing to our democratic culture.”
Resolution for ceasefire is not city business
by Susan Katz • • 0 Comments
To us, this resolution made very little sense since it would have no bearing on the decisions made between Israel and Hamas, and is clearly not within the city of Peoria’s mission. Concerned citizens have ample opportunity to contact their elected officials in Washington, D.C.; these are the people who weigh in on this type of conflict.