1 00:00:00,629 --> 00:00:04,269 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ryan Denham. Large crowds turned 2 00:00:04,269 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: out over the weekend in Bloomington and normal for No 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,510 Speaker 1: King's protests. It's part of a nationwide day of demonstrations 4 00:00:10,510 --> 00:00:11,850 Speaker 1: critical of the Trump administration. 5 00:00:12,398 --> 00:00:15,189 Speaker 1: At the Bloomington rally, Jennifer Olson cited the war in 6 00:00:15,189 --> 00:00:19,899 Speaker 1: Iran and the administration's aggressive immigration enforcement. Get rid of ICE. 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:24,950 Speaker 1: Don't need them. It's awful. The tariffs that he did. 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: I mean, every, all, everything is going up in price, 9 00:00:28,319 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: you know, it's awful right now. National No Kings organizers 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: claimed at least 8 million people gathered at more than 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:38,069 Speaker 1: 3300 events across all 50 states. The city of Bloomington 12 00:00:38,069 --> 00:00:40,860 Speaker 1: has taken delivery of a new silo and storage module 13 00:00:40,860 --> 00:00:41,630 Speaker 1: for powdered act. 14 00:00:42,165 --> 00:00:44,845 Speaker 1: carbon. That is what the city uses to address taste 15 00:00:44,845 --> 00:00:48,025 Speaker 1: and odor issues in water that have cropped up occasionally. 16 00:00:48,444 --> 00:00:51,485 Speaker 1: Water director Brett Lucien says till now department workers have 17 00:00:51,485 --> 00:00:54,215 Speaker 1: been mixing the powder into liquid in a parking lot. 18 00:00:54,384 --> 00:00:57,884 Speaker 1: A powder activated carbon is a very, very light, fluffy 19 00:00:57,884 --> 00:01:00,825 Speaker 1: material and stuff, so just a little bit of wind 20 00:01:00,924 --> 00:01:03,654 Speaker 1: could actually blow this material. Lushen says a contractor is 21 00:01:03,654 --> 00:01:06,764 Speaker 1: also pouring foundations for a support building for the equipment 22 00:01:06,764 --> 00:01:09,724 Speaker 1: used to inject the carbon into water during the treatment process. 23 00:01:09,974 --> 00:01:11,165 Speaker 1: Recent changes to federal 24 00:01:11,209 --> 00:01:14,569 Speaker 1: Food benefits mean some immigrants in Illinois will soon lose 25 00:01:14,569 --> 00:01:18,370 Speaker 1: assistance for groceries. Joseph Lebrera, a food research expert at 26 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:21,589 Speaker 1: the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, says there's already 27 00:01:21,589 --> 00:01:24,569 Speaker 1: a heavy vetting process for who gets that assistance. They've 28 00:01:24,569 --> 00:01:28,089 Speaker 1: gone through that process of demonstrating that they are here 29 00:01:28,089 --> 00:01:31,809 Speaker 1: for humanitarian protection. The Trump administration says the measure reduces 30 00:01:31,809 --> 00:01:33,970 Speaker 1: fraud and waste in the program, and a pair of 31 00:01:33,970 --> 00:01:36,839 Speaker 1: events next month aims to bring financial literacy to Bloomington 32 00:01:36,839 --> 00:01:40,459 Speaker 1: normal teenagers without any language barriers. The Illinois State. 33 00:01:40,614 --> 00:01:44,394 Speaker 1: The union's April sessions includes one on April 20th in Spanish. 34 00:01:44,735 --> 00:01:47,514 Speaker 1: Carolina Pancrezio Diaz with the credit union says they'll help 35 00:01:47,514 --> 00:01:49,775 Speaker 1: teenagers with any aspect of their finances. 36 00:01:50,934 --> 00:01:54,095 Speaker 2: With the library, there are many free resources. We at 37 00:01:54,095 --> 00:01:57,855 Speaker 2: Illinois State Credit Union also have many products. With our 38 00:01:57,855 --> 00:02:00,754 Speaker 2: translation service, we take that time with them to learn 39 00:02:00,754 --> 00:02:02,614 Speaker 2: what they need and how we can help them. 40 00:02:02,805 --> 00:02:06,055 Speaker 1: Registration opens today for both the English session on April 41 00:02:06,055 --> 00:02:08,845 Speaker 1: 14th and the one in Spanish on the 21st. I'm 42 00:02:08,845 --> 00:02:09,895 Speaker 1: Ryan Denham, WGLT.