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Caterpillar's stunning announcement that it will relocate its headquarters to Chicago continues to reverberate in Central Illinois. We'll analyze "Big Yellow's pivot north with Kyle Ham, head of Bloomington-Normal's Economic Development Council. Illinois State University's judicial decision-making expert, Meghan Leonard, examines President Trump's new Supreme Court justice appointment. And you'll hear how Mid-Central Community Action is faring in the face of 19 months without a state budget.

Film director Alfred Hitchcock is thought of as "the master of suspense." Bill McBride argues Hitchcock's style is just as important.

Hear how the protracted state budget impasse is affecting Children's Home and Aid and their program "The Butterfly Project," which serves high risk children. GLT's Jon Norton talks with Lisa Pieper for part two of our interview series "Stretched Thinner." You’ll also get an update on the state of the Path Crisis Center. City Manager David Hales is in the studio. We’ll talk about the 5 year Capital Improvement Plan, the budget, and the coliseum. And you’ll hear from Peoria Public Radio on the

Editors Note: During our interview series Stretched Thin, we reported on the impact of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies and heard how the stalemate was affecting members of the community. That was in spring of 2016. There's still no budget. In our new series Stretched Thinner, we check back in with those social social service agencies.

Bloomington's city manager thinks "you have to look at the reality" when it comes to some of the proposals being floated by candidates running for mayor.

Editors Note: Last spring during our interview series Stretched Thin, we reported on the impact of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies and heard how the stalemate was affecting members of the community. There's still no budget. In our new series Stretched Thinner, we check back in with those social social service agencies.

During our interview series "Stretched Thin" in May, you heard from social service agencies struggling because of the state budget stalemate. In "Stretched Thinner" you’ll find out how they and their clients are doing today. Laura Kennedy talks with Melissa Breeden, the director of the YWCA's Young Wonders Early Learning program in part one of the GLT News Series "Stretched Thinner." President Trump would have you believe angry, white, blue-collar men are the most economically disaffected.

Editors Note: Last spring during our interview series Stretched Thin, we reported on the impact of the state budget impasse on local social service agencies. There's still no budget. In our new series Stretched Thinner, we check back with those social social service agencies.

A family legend holds that a pair of brothers are distantly related to Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet, and it's this relationship that may pull their family out of their current misery. Sons of the Prophet is the next play to be staged by Heartland Theater. And despite the grim mood, it has comedic elements.

Three Bradley University Students are getting into the business world a little early. They have designed a new game that will be published later this year. It's called 'Dark Is the Night.' It's being funded by a Kickstarter campaign.

President Donald Trump continues to roll out changes and initiatives that indicate a starkly different direction than under the Obama administration. For instance, his nominee for education Secretary is a firm backer of school vouchers.

Actress Jane Lynch graduated from Illinois State University in 1982. She has gone on to fame in such movies as Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, and the TV series Glee and even in a dramatic role in the series Criminal Minds. The Emmy and Golden Globe winning Lynch will receive an honorary doctorate from ISU during Founders Day observances February 16th.

State senator Bill Brady is welcoming parts of the likely effect of the Trump administration on the state of Illinois. In the GLT interview, hear Brady talk about how problematic the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act is for Illinois. Plus the world of game design-Bradley University students are using Kickstarter to fund the creation of the game. And you'll also hear about the Illinois Attorney General's legal move, stopping the pay of state workers to pressure law makers to reach

Romances were often forbidden in the circus. Harry Potter was a famous trapeze artist. And circuses hated Texas. These are some of the tidbits of circus history you'll find in a route book.

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