B There 3rd Street & Walnut Street Welding work on the convention center expansion is underway. Welding work on the convention center expansion is underway. (Dave Askins, March 25, 2026)
Bloomington nonprofit initiative aims for leases, not shelter beds, as camping ban starts Heading Home’s Streets to Stability initiative would move people from Bloomington-area encampments directly into housing, starting with 10 to 12 people once funding is secured. The effort is being planned as Indiana’s new public-camping law takes effect.
Jail site panel to start scoring, Monroe County commissioners decline role A jail site committee is set to start scoring properties, but Monroe County commissioners confirmed they won’t formally join the process. On Wednesday, the panel added a constitutional-care screen, flagged floodway concerns at 3 sites, and will meet three more times before a mid-July recommendation.
July 2, 2026: Host hotel, ICE-detainer injunction, jail-site scoring, independent assessor bid This morning's edition includes reports on convention center construction and host hotel proposals, a narrow injunction for Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté on Indiana’s ICE-detainer law, Trimble’s assessor ballot bid, jail-site scoring metrics, and uncontested MCCSC board races.
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