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It isn't easy getting on the ballot if you are a member of a third party. There's a big difference in petition signature requirements for Democrats and Republicans...and for say Libertarians like Illinois House candidate Christopher Howick. Ballot access issues with GLT's Ryan Denham. Plus an international darts player lives in the Town of Normal. Bryan Bloodworth has the interview with Julie Weger. And a thirteen-year-old eighth grader at Chiddix Junior High in Normal is one of the youngest

At the end of the month, eighth-graders at Chiddix Junior High School in Normal will get a chance of a lifetime.

Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner said Tuesday that the allegations against the former managers of the U.S. Cellular Coliseum were “not at all surprising” to him and that trying to extract more detailed financial information from those managers was like “dealing with a Soviet Gulag.”

John Stark has deep roots at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival.

Talk about VenuWorks and the BCPA , the Coliseum Indictments in Bloomington, Mayor Tari Renner's return from a health related leave of absence, a downtown catalyst project, and a new city manager search. The Mayor joins us as well to talk about a theme he highlighted at the council meeting, one of acrimony towards public officials, acrimony and physical threats. Reviving Civil discourse in and toward municipal government with Mayor Tari Renner of Bloomington. Talk about VenuWorks and the BCPA,

Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner said he’s troubled by what he sees as increasingly hostile conduct aimed at elected officials, blaming local media for not doing more to debunk critics who he thinks will scare off others from running for public office.

When you’re running for elected office, you need to get people to sign your nominating petitions to get on the ballot. It can be a slog, with every waking moment pestering shoppers leaving grocery stores or asking your neighbors for their John Hancock.

An advocate for end-of-life options will visit Illinois State University this week to share his wife's story in an effort to help others who face death.

Don't accounting firms who audit the books of entities such as the Coliseum in Bloomington have responsibility for picking up theft and fraud like that alleged against Central Illinois Arena Management? The Attorney for the famously defrauded city of Dixon Illinois talks with GLT's Ryan Denham, as does an accounting professor at ISU. An international death with dignity advocate comes to the twin cities. Laura Kennedy tells us more.

Little did Julie Weger know what was in store for her when she agreed to tag along with her brother to play darts in Paris (Ill.) 20 years ago.

Illinois State University Education Professor Deborah MacPhee has designed a collaborative model of teacher education she says bridges the gap between theory and practice.

The works of Richard Maltby and David Shire take center stage in the revue, "Starting Here, Starting Now."

Here are the top stories we covered this week (Sept. 25-29, 2017) on WGLT and WGLT.org.

There’s been a lot of finger-pointing since prosecutors announced that five former managers at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum were facing 111 criminal counts of theft, fraud, and money laundering.

An account of racial prejudice in Bloomington Normal. Find out how the Black middle class is under threat in a broadcast of a recent panel discussion on the topic. Educator Camille Taylor, NAACP Member Quincy Cummings, and Kai Ajayi of Black Lives Matter reflect on the documentary film 'Against All Odds' and share their experiences of discrimination. This is a broadcast from an event held at First United Methodist Church in Normal.h