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ISU Political Scientist Kerry Milita says voter security means different things to different parties. Republicans tend to focus on vote registration rolls and vote fraud. And Milita says in Mary Cullen's report that Democrats are more worried about Russian hacking because President Trump won. Plus, a tale of a pyromaniac from a Next to Normal Story Slam. A new Art Exhibit at the University galleries needs public input. And Jon Norton reports on a new bronze at a central Illinois Sculpture walk.

Normal Town Council member Kathleen Lorenz says she wants another term and will be a good steward for the public: that includes pulling back on a library project. Lorenz says in a GLT interview that she does favor economic development projects. Plus, Ryan Denham looks at the student apartment business as ISU and IWU prepare to go back into session with move-in happening next week. And Jon Norton gives us the punk sound of the music of City Mouse.

Homebuilder Tom Armstrong says he's just a cog in the economic wheel and that he can't build homes if there are no jobs for potential customers. Ryan Denham reports on why new home construction across the country has slowed to its lowest pace since the 1980s. It has been a decade since public smoking bans took effect in Bloomington-Normal. How's that working out? Eric Stock reports. Mary Cullen reports on resources to help those who have been affected by domestic violence. Plus, home cooked

Illinois State University Agriculture Professor Don Meyer says once farmers had to really strain to produce fifty bushels of corn per acre. Now, not so much. 200 years of Agriculture...a bicentennial interview with Ryan Denham. Plus, Mary Cullen reports on the expansion of a counseling service for the uninsured and under-insured in Bloomington-Normal. And the Mayor of Normal stops by after the town council meeting.

Wyatt Lopez of Heyworth is a 4-H contestant who is NOT doing rabbits, rooster, pigs, or cows at the fair. And stop motion animation is even passe'. Eric Stock reports on 4H in the 21st century. Plus, it's getting on toward the start of school. But, the traditional rhythms of K-12 are not for everyone Ryan Denham reports on an alternative to that, Bloom Community School which bills itself as a progressive and innovative elementary and middle school. And storyteller Devon Lovell talks about losing

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GLT's Mary Cullen talks expansion plans with Bloomington Public Library Director Jeanne Hamilton. Charlie Schlenker previews the next season at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. We'll have another installment of Story Slam. Plus, Jon Norton catches up with the Old Smoke Band ahead of their debut release performance at Nightshop.

International Food Policy expert Joe Glauber says not only does President Trump's trade war hurt farmers, it's not even helping other sectors of the economy. Glauber talks with GLT's Charlie Schlenker from the Illinois Farm Bureau innovations and income conference held in Normal. Plus, new Bloomington City Council candidate Georgine Chizzell talks with Ryan Denham about constituent service and why she's running for the position held by David Sage in the 2nd ward. And, Chicago Farmer hits forty;

A week into the job, new Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason says he's not the type to mince words. He says he considers openness to a fault to be a benefit. Gleason talks with GLT's Ryan Denham about economic development, downtown, and his many roles in law enforcement. Plus, basketball at the coliseum was once considered an important part of the event mix for the Bloomington facility. Eric Stock reports on where it is now. And a football coach leaves a big school program over faith based

H. Ramakrishnan contracted polio as a toddler and his mother carried him for the next ten years. Yet he had the mental strength to go on to a career and family. Charlie Schlenker talks with Ramakrishnan about polio damage and how those afflicted are viewed in society. Plus Illinois Attorney General Candidate Kwame Raul is campaigning hard against his GOP opponent Erika Harold. GLT's Eric Stock caught up with Raul in Bloomington. And Prairie Fire Theater rolls out its production of "The Secret