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Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ryan Denham. Illinois State University buildings, grounds,

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Speaker 1: and dining services workers have delivered an intent to strike.

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Speaker 1: AFSM Local 1110 seeks higher wages and a provision to

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Speaker 1: get pay raises when non-union workers get pay increases. Chuck

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Speaker 1: Carver is the union's president. It is our intent to

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Speaker 1: strike on or after April 8th. President Tarhouli, your time

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Speaker 1: to do the right.

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Speaker 1: Thing is running out. In a statement, a university spokesperson says, quote,

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Speaker 1: Illinois State has worked and will continue to work diligently

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Speaker 1: to reach a fair and fiscally responsible contract agreement that

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Speaker 1: addresses concerns raised by AFSCME. Central Illinois Regional Airport is

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Speaker 1: seeking community donations to help offset the financial struggles of

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Speaker 1: TSA officers during a partial government shutdown.

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Speaker 1: Airport spokesperson Melissa Beaver says the TSA manager recommends items

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Speaker 1: like household products or gift cards to gas stations because

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Speaker 1: we have TSA officers who are driving here to Bloomington

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Speaker 1: to work without getting paid from places like Flanagan, Springfield,

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Speaker 1: and Decatur. Federal elected officials are still fighting over the

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Speaker 1: funding of the Department of Homeland Security, which funds TSA.

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Speaker 1: A state lawmaker from Bloomington wants to limit corporate influence

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Speaker 1: in elections.

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Speaker 1: Democratic state Representative Sharon Chung has introduced a bill to

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Speaker 1: eliminate corporate money in elections by redefining corporate powers in

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Speaker 1: Illinois law. Chung says it is one way to get

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Speaker 1: past the infamous legacy of former House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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Speaker 2: We kind of have a suspicious history in Illinois when

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Speaker 2: it comes to uh politicians sort of taking money.

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Speaker 2: And that sort of thing, right? We have, that's not

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Speaker 2: a great history that we want to stand on.

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Speaker 1: The good government group Reform for Illinois says the bill

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Speaker 1: would likely face a legal challenge if it ever becomes law.

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Speaker 1: The town of Normal has announced a number of projects

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Speaker 1: celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roots.

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Speaker 1: 66. Those projects include a 1950s themed picnic at One

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Speaker 1: Normal Plaza on June 7th, a Centennial logo, and a

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Speaker 1: mural at Sprague's Super Service. The logo portrays Abraham Lincoln

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Speaker 1: stepping outside of a Rivian R1. Ryan Denham, WGLT News.