The Sierra Club, the Illinois Environmental Council, Faith in Place Action Fund and other groups are supporting an Illinois House measure to phase out single-use foam food ware on Jan. 1, 2025. Introduced Feb. 13, House Bill 2376 would amend…
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Conservation Voters score Rep. LaHood in the single digits
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Conservation Voters score Rep. LaHood in the single digits
The nonpartisan League of Conservation Voters last month issued its annual 2022 National Environmental Scorecard, and U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Peoria) was given a 5%. This new scorecard considered 19 House votes and 23 Senate votes, including the clean energy…
Bill Knight: Prosperous nonprofits could help fill public coffers
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight: Prosperous nonprofits could help fill public coffers
After another light-hearted April Fools Day and the cheery promise of April showers’ importance to May flowers, the deadline for filing federal income tax returns (April 18 this year) can be a dark day, rekindling people’s resentment about taxes generally,…
Meet the candidates: CW Election Primer looks at 10 candidates for five seats on Peoria City Council
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Meet the candidates: CW Election Primer looks at 10 candidates for five seats on Peoria City Council
Ten candidates are running for the Peoria City Council’s five at-large seats in the non-partisan election April 4. Under Peoria’s system, voters casting ballots for these races have five votes to cast for the candidates. Voters may choose to cast…
The Watch: COVID Emergency Declaration coming to close; election April 4
by Terry Bibo • • Comments Off on The Watch: COVID Emergency Declaration coming to close; election April 4
Spring cleaning begins with updated contracts, budgets, reports and ordinance tweaks. Your representatives paved the way for a new hotel in Downtown Peoria and bridge projects in the county. And they heard concerns about a proposed CO2 pipeline that could…
West Peoria News: Thanks so much, Sharon, we’ll take over from here
by April Silver • • Comments Off on West Peoria News: Thanks so much, Sharon, we’ll take over from here
Sharon McBride, a beloved West Peoria figure, has retired from writing this column after three decades. Her contributions to the community through her writing have been invaluable, and her passion for sharing its stories and events was evident in every…
Heat waves in Red & Black: CO2 pipeline for Peoria? Who Benefits?
by William Rau • • Comments Off on Heat waves in Red & Black: CO2 pipeline for Peoria? Who Benefits?
Wolf/ADM (2022) wants to run a CO2 pipeline through Peoria and Tazewell Counties, route a trunk line to Peoria’s BioUrja ethanol plant, and possibly inject CO2 into the Mt. Simon Basin extending beneath your counties. For an antidote to Wolf/ADM…
Inland Art: Bradley International a remarkable exhibition on display throughout the city
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The Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition is the second-longest running juried print and drawing competition in the country. It was established following WWII, where veterans were returning from Europe and the economy was improving. Ernest Freed realized that printmaking…
Nature Rambles: Skunk cabbage a stinky sign we are warming up for spring
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles: Skunk cabbage a stinky sign we are warming up for spring
March is one of those months that can seem to last forever. It can be a month where a waning winter reawakens, followed by a summer-like day of promise. From a weather perspective, it’s all over the place. The record…
Labor notes: Situation ripe for UAW workers at CAT to strike
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A United Auto Workers work stoppage at Caterpillar Inc. is possible March 1, hours after the previous contract expires — the same day the UAW international runoff-election vote count starts — possibly resulting in more leadership changes. Affected are some…