Beginning last week, WGLT began profiling the 2023 McLean County History Makers. The series continues with retired Illinois State University professors Mary and Hank Campbell, whose careers in social work and industrial technology naturally blended with decades of local and global community service.
McLean County is getting more legal marijuana tax money than just the amounts going to Bloomington and Normal. The YWCA of McLean County will receive more than $282,000 for its Labyrinth Outreach Services that helps women coming out of prison reintegrate into the community.
A lack of institutional support, statutorily imposed legal barriers, stigmas, low wages they all mean prison sentences can effectively be for life, especially for residents of black and brown communities.