Peoria Standard

The Peoria County Land Use and Infrastructure Committee met July 25.

Princeville Village Board approves trustee appointment

The Princeville Village Board met July 19.

Norwood Village Board lacks quorum for meeting

The Norwood Village Board met Aug. 2.

Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 Committee of the Whole to hear sales tax presentation

The Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 Committee of the Whole will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14.

Peoria County Board approves seeking voter approval of tax for transportation

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 13, 2016

The Peoria County Board met Aug. 18.

Peoria expects University Street to reopen as sewer project work continues

By JoAnna Brown | Sep 13, 2016

The city of Peoria Department of Public Works said work continues on a storm sewer installation project and the west side of the signalized intersection on University Street at the Walmart entrance is expected to reopened to traffic later this week.

West Peoria City Council to consider establishing two special service areas

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 13, 2016

The West Peoria City Council will meet at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13.

Princeville Village Board considers liquor code classifications

The Princeville Village Board met Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Chillicothe City Council to consider American Legion request

The Chillicothe City Council will meet at 7:00 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12.

Glasford Village Board discusses park fence

The Glasford Village Board met July 21.

Peoria Heights Village Board discusses Grayboy property

The Peoria Heights Village Board met Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Confusion follows shuttering of Illinois health insurance co-op

Policy holders who bought from an insurance co-op in Illinois remain upset and confused about the future of their care more than a month after the debt-laden company was ordered to close by insurance regulators.

Latest round of John Deere layoffs unfortunate but not surprising, conservative think tank associate says

Manufacturing workers in Illinois suffered yet another blow this week when a major machinery manufacturer announced the layoffs of hundreds of workers in Illinois, an associate for a Chicago-based conservative think tank said in a recent article.

Amid talk of strike, rhetoric between AFSCME, state officials heats up

While whispers of "strike" continue to be heard among the membership of the state's largest public sector union, the on-and-off negotiations with the governor reveal the power of that union, the president of a nonpartisan public-interest litigation center said.

National $15 minimum wage could exacerbate Illinois job losses

With Congress weighing legislation that would bring the minimum wage up to $15 per hour by 2021, Illinois faces job losses as a result of the Pay Workers a Living Wage Act.

Streator man says Mautino probes began with his decision to speak out