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McLean County Board Chair John McIntyre says the county will have three advisory panels that will draft three County Board map proposals.

McLean County Board members gather in-person and virtually for a special meeting on May 11. A political scientist at Illinois Wesleyan University says he hopes McLean County's redistricting commission will draw maps that will keep neighborhoods, communities and voting precincts together. Illinois Wesleyan University Greg Shaw Greg Shaw and Illinois Wesleyan University said gerrymandered districts have protected incumbents, even in county government. “This is where citizens can come in and say ‘I can see a non-compact district when I see it,’ I think we should take that seriously,” S...

On June 8th, Tulsans will vote on a $414 million dollar bond for Tulsa Public Schools.   Greg Shaw, who is on the Citizen Bond Development Committee, said the possible reduction in state funding due to pandemic-related enrollment decreases makes this bond more necessary.    "It enhances why the bond should be passed," said Shaw. "The funding that we get from the state obviously may be impacted. In my opinion, state funding from TPS is obviously not where it should be."   The bond is broken up into four propositions that will be voted on individually. Shaw spoke about Proposition 1 that r...

This week allow me to share with you a sketch of the men and women who sit on our State Supreme Court. These nine Justices are all Republican, all conservative on both social and business issues. All are very devout in their faith and very connected to their church and their family. Chief Justice Tom Parker has been on the State Supreme Court since 2005. He was born and raised in Montgomery and went to Dartmouth College and Vanderbilt Law School. Chief Justice Parker and his wife the former Dottie James of Auburn have been married 39 years. Dottie was a supervisor of the governor’s mansi...

 E-Mail Protecting long-term care residents from outbreaks requires different infrastructure, proper staffing conditions and a culture of quality assurance, researchers have found. The experts further determined that designing smaller, more homelike spaces would minimize the spread of viruses while promoting better health and quality of life for residents. "Community outbreaks and lack of personal protective equipment were the primary drivers of outbreak occurrence in long-term care homes, and the built environment was the major determinant of outbreak severity," said George Heckman, a profe...