With steady new construction, the opening of trendy businesses and even a slight population increase, Lexington in northern McLean County has found itself in a bit of a renaissance.
McLean County circuit court and all the other courts in the state are scrambling to meet an end-of-year deadline to implement the controversial Safe-T Act criminal justice reform bill. The end of cash bail is one of the well-known provisions of the law, but there are a lot more pieces of it that will have big effects.
Gun violence, and one elected official’s push to create a commission to address the issue, resurfaced Monday night during a Bloomington City Council discussion.