1 00:00:00,529 --> 00:00:04,170 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ryan Denham. Large crowds turned 2 00:00:04,170 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: out over the weekend in Bloomington and normal for No 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,409 Speaker 1: King's protests. It's part of a nationwide day of demonstrations 4 00:00:10,409 --> 00:00:11,750 Speaker 1: critical of the Trump administration. 5 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:15,079 Speaker 1: At the Bloomington rally, Jennifer Olson cited the war in 6 00:00:15,079 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: Iran and the administration's aggressive immigration enforcement. Get rid of ICE. 7 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 1: Don't need them. It's awful. The tariffs that he did. 8 00:00:25,059 --> 00:00:27,979 Speaker 1: I mean, every, all, everything is going up in price, 9 00:00:28,219 --> 00:00:31,729 Speaker 1: you know, it's awful right now. National No Kings organizers 10 00:00:31,729 --> 00:00:33,900 Speaker 1: claimed at least 8 million people gathered at more than 11 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:37,930 Speaker 1: 3300 events across all 50 states. The city of Bloomington 12 00:00:37,930 --> 00:00:40,129 Speaker 1: has taken to delivery of a new silo and storage 13 00:00:40,130 --> 00:00:41,619 Speaker 1: module for powdered active. 14 00:00:42,043 --> 00:00:44,735 Speaker 1: carbon. That is what the city uses to address taste 15 00:00:44,735 --> 00:00:47,875 Speaker 1: and odor issues in water that have cropped up occasionally. 16 00:00:48,334 --> 00:00:51,334 Speaker 1: Water director Brett Lushen says till now department workers have 17 00:00:51,334 --> 00:00:54,095 Speaker 1: been mixing the powder into liquid in a parking lot. 18 00:00:54,255 --> 00:00:57,775 Speaker 1: A powder activated carbon is a very, very light, fluffy 19 00:00:57,775 --> 00:01:00,674 Speaker 1: material and stuff, so just a little bit of wind 20 00:01:00,805 --> 00:01:03,525 Speaker 1: could actually blow this material. Lucien says a contractor is 21 00:01:03,525 --> 00:01:06,613 Speaker 1: also pouring foundations for a support building for the equipment 22 00:01:06,614 --> 00:01:09,574 Speaker 1: used to inject the carbon into water during the treatment process. 23 00:01:09,824 --> 00:01:11,125 Speaker 1: Recent changes to federal 24 00:01:11,169 --> 00:01:14,410 Speaker 1: Food benefits mean some immigrants in Illinois will soon lose 25 00:01:14,410 --> 00:01:18,209 Speaker 1: assistance for groceries. Joseph Lebrera, a food research expert at 26 00:01:18,209 --> 00:01:21,550 Speaker 1: the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, says there's already 27 00:01:21,550 --> 00:01:24,410 Speaker 1: a heavy vetting process for who gets that assistance. They've 28 00:01:24,410 --> 00:01:27,930 Speaker 1: gone through that process of demonstrating that they are here 29 00:01:27,930 --> 00:01:31,610 Speaker 1: for humanitarian protection. The Trump administration says the measure reduces 30 00:01:31,610 --> 00:01:33,809 Speaker 1: fraud and waste in the program, and a pair of 31 00:01:33,809 --> 00:01:36,649 Speaker 1: events next month aims to bring financial literacy to Bloomington 32 00:01:36,650 --> 00:01:40,489 Speaker 1: normal teenagers without any language barriers. The Illinois State Credit. 33 00:01:40,605 --> 00:01:44,224 Speaker 1: The Union's April sessions includes one on April 21st in Spanish. 34 00:01:44,525 --> 00:01:47,324 Speaker 1: Carolina Pancrezio Diaz with the credit union says they'll help 35 00:01:47,324 --> 00:01:49,644 Speaker 1: teenagers with any aspect of their finances. 36 00:01:50,764 --> 00:01:53,885 Speaker 2: With the library, there are many free resources. We at 37 00:01:53,885 --> 00:01:57,684 Speaker 2: Illinois State Credit Union also have many products. With our 38 00:01:57,684 --> 00:02:00,565 Speaker 2: translation service, we take that time with them to learn 39 00:02:00,565 --> 00:02:02,444 Speaker 2: what they need and how we can help them. 40 00:02:02,605 --> 00:02:05,845 Speaker 1: Registration opens today for both the English session on April 41 00:02:05,845 --> 00:02:08,633 Speaker 1: 14th and the one in Spanish on the 21st. I'm 42 00:02:08,633 --> 00:02:09,925 Speaker 1: Ryan Denham, WGLT News.