
Does new Dunlap High School facility need a pool? Sanitary District sees increase in past due bills; League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings
WIU lays off about 1/4 of unionized faculty; AFL-CIO president slams GOP anti-worker ticket; U of I nurses vote to strike; Deere layoffs ‘kill good American jobs’

A YouGov poll in July showed 39% of U.S. adult citizens oppose Project 2025, but 42% have heard nothing about it. However, “Americans are starting to learn about this extreme takeover plan for Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans to quickly dismantle checks and balances, amass unprecedented presidential power, and seize total control over our government and our individual freedoms”
What we really need to do is go back to a time that wasn’t too long ago, when we held our president to a higher standard

Open mic “Whisper and Shout,” returns to Contemporary Art Center; annual Art & Craft Fair, rain or shine, at the Hayloft Shops in Mossville; Peoria Art Guild’s Fine Art Fair scheduled for Sept. 28- 29 on the Riverfront; “Artrageous” comes to Five Points Washington; “Music in the Park,” hosted by Fon Du Lac library; plus classes, lectures and what’s on your screens
Steamfitter Local 353’s Larry Dawson was 81; strikers settle with Illinois American Water; AFL-CIO endorses Harris for president
Despite contract to build Landfill #3, GFL pivots to using transfer station in Hopedale
Controversial ‘The Apprentice’ about Donald Trump and Roy Cohn; “Green Border” on the crisis of immigrating refugees; and “The Smell of Money” about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in North Carolina are being held from theaters
Public TV station looking to find its niche in streaming services