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Black residents of Springfield face income disparity that is greater than any other metro area in the U.S., according to an investigation on segregation conducted by Governing magazine and published in January 2019. Springfield is also among the most segregated third of... More
Sgt. Jeff Royer is going to creative lengths to get Springfield drivers to slow down. Even if it means getting a little corny. More
The Springfield City Council passed a one-year plan to convert the former Salvation Army facility at 221 N. 11th Street, now the site of a tent city, into an overflow homeless shelter. The compromise came after talk last month of... More
Despite the handful of businesses near the intersection of South Grand Avenue East and 11th Street – restaurants, a beauty supply store, a furniture shop – the sidewalks are mostly empty on an average weekday afternoon. Dominic Watson imagines a... More
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Thursday said that Central Illinois has the opportunity to become the electric vehicle “Silicon Valley of the 21st Century” because of investments that are being made in the region. More
The Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) program provides annual grants to states and local units of government to develop housing projects in low-income urban communities. More
Springfield is set to become the home of the world’s largest carbon capture research program. The U.S. Department of Energy announced the construction phase of the $67 million research project at City Water, Light, & Power (CWLP) to study how... More
“It went a lot better than expected,” Park said. “We walked in, and they started us right through the process.” “Painless” was how Deb Selby of Athens explained the vaccine and the process itself. More
City Water, Light & Power is on path for constructing the world’s largest research and development pilot for a new carbon capture system. More
Over the past three years, Springfield’s Police Community Review Commission has considered a single case. But there are differing thoughts on why the board has such a light caseload and if change is needed. More
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