1 00:00:00,490 --> 00:00:04,130 Speaker 1: From the WGLT newsroom, I'm Ryan Denham. Large crowds turned 2 00:00:04,130 --> 00:00:06,780 Speaker 1: out over the weekend in Bloomington and normal for No 3 00:00:06,780 --> 00:00:10,369 Speaker 1: King's protests. It's part of a nationwide day of demonstrations 4 00:00:10,369 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: critical of the Trump administration. At the Bloomington rally, Jennifer 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,290 Speaker 1: Olson cited the war in Iran and the administration's aggressive 6 00:00:17,290 --> 00:00:19,290 Speaker 1: immigration enforcement. Get rid of 7 00:00:19,290 --> 00:00:24,770 Speaker 2: ICE. Don't need them. It's awful. The tariffs that he did. 8 00:00:25,049 --> 00:00:27,290 Speaker 2: I mean, every, everything is going up and. 9 00:00:27,420 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 2: Ice, you know, it's awful 10 00:00:29,319 --> 00:00:32,439 Speaker 1: right now. National No Kings organizers claimed at least 8 11 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:35,869 Speaker 1: million people gathered at more than 3300 events across all 12 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:38,799 Speaker 1: 50 states. The city of Bloomington has taken delivery of 13 00:00:38,799 --> 00:00:42,450 Speaker 1: a new silo and storage module for powdered activated carbon. 14 00:00:42,689 --> 00:00:44,848 Speaker 1: That is what the city uses to address taste and 15 00:00:44,848 --> 00:00:48,630 Speaker 1: odor issues in water that have cropped up occasionally. Water 16 00:00:48,630 --> 00:00:51,549 Speaker 1: director Brett Lucien says till now, department workers have been 17 00:00:51,549 --> 00:00:54,290 Speaker 1: mixing the powder into liquid in a parking lot. A 18 00:00:54,290 --> 00:00:58,029 Speaker 1: powder activated carbon is a very, very light, fluffy material 19 00:00:58,029 --> 00:01:00,669 Speaker 1: and stuff, so it just a little bit of wind 20 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:03,500 Speaker 1: could actually blow this material. Lucien says a contractor is 21 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:06,599 Speaker 1: also pouring foundations for a support building for the equipment 22 00:01:06,599 --> 00:01:09,569 Speaker 1: used to inject the carbon into water during the treatment process. 23 00:01:09,809 --> 00:01:11,730 Speaker 1: Recent changes to federal food benefits. 24 00:01:11,870 --> 00:01:15,489 Speaker 1: means some immigrants in Illinois will soon lose assistance for groceries. 25 00:01:15,930 --> 00:01:18,809 Speaker 1: Joseph Lebrera, a food research expert at the Center on 26 00:01:18,809 --> 00:01:22,730 Speaker 1: Budget and Policy Priorities, says there's already a heavy vetting 27 00:01:22,730 --> 00:01:25,730 Speaker 1: process for who gets that assistance. They've gone through that 28 00:01:25,730 --> 00:01:29,569 Speaker 1: process of demonstrating that they are here for humanitarian protection. 29 00:01:29,730 --> 00:01:32,410 Speaker 1: The Trump administration says the measure reduces fraud and waste 30 00:01:32,410 --> 00:01:34,610 Speaker 1: in the program, and a pair of events next month 31 00:01:34,610 --> 00:01:37,970 Speaker 1: aims to bring financial literacy to Bloomington normal teenagers without 32 00:01:37,970 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: any language barriers. The Illinois State Credit Union's 33 00:01:41,010 --> 00:01:45,010 Speaker 1: April sessions includes one on April 21st in Spanish. Carolina 34 00:01:45,010 --> 00:01:47,889 Speaker 1: Pancrezio Diaz with the credit union says they'll help teenagers 35 00:01:47,889 --> 00:01:51,690 Speaker 1: with any aspect of their finances. With the library, there 36 00:01:51,690 --> 00:01:55,370 Speaker 1: are many free resources. We at Illinois State Credit Union 37 00:01:55,370 --> 00:01:59,169 Speaker 1: also have many products. With our translation service, we take 38 00:01:59,169 --> 00:02:01,610 Speaker 1: that time with them to learn what they need and 39 00:02:01,610 --> 00:02:04,470 Speaker 1: how we can help them. Registration opens today for both 40 00:02:04,470 --> 00:02:07,089 Speaker 1: the English session on April 14th and the one in 41 00:02:07,089 --> 00:02:10,050 Speaker 1: Spanish on the 21st. I'm Ryan Denham, WGLT News.