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April 17, 2025: Electric rate increase, Todd Young in Bloomington, big downzone up for final vote

Today's big event Rate increase to fund two new gas-fired electric plants. A field hearing for Duke Energy's new proposed rate increase takes place on Thursday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bloomington Convention Center. Duke filed a petition in February with

Bloomington allocates almost $800,000 in Community Development Block Grants

Bloomington allocates almost $800,000 in Community Development Block Grants

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington's city council approved $795,743 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for 2025, allocating resources across social services, physical improvements, and administrative costs. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which calculates allocations using metrics

Bloomington Convention Center expansion moves ahead with design and bidding, bonds sold at just under 5% rate

Bloomington Convention Center expansion moves ahead with design and bidding, bonds sold at just under 5% rate

On Wednesday afternoon, the Bloomington Convention Center expansion project took another step forward. The Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) gave a green light for owner's representative JS Held to release for bidding the second of the GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) construction packages. GMP 2 covers the structural

7th Street & College Avenue

7th Street & College Avenue

A crow is harassing the red-tailed hawk perched on the antenna on top of the Monroe County jail.

Tariffs, due process, and protest: Todd Young visits Bloomington chamber luncheon

Tariffs, due process, and protest: Todd Young visits Bloomington chamber luncheon

On Tuesday, a visit to Bloomington by Todd Young was a chance for Cook Medical's president, Pete Yonkman, to ask Indiana's senior U.S. senator about President Donald Trump's tariffs. Yonkman described how Cook, headquartered in Bloomington, is a U.S.-based manufacturer, which

Bloomington Transit board OKs steps towards land for new operations facility, fixed route rides continue to slip

Bloomington Transit board OKs steps towards land for new operations facility, fixed route rides continue to slip

Bloomington Transit is around six weeks away from reaching an agreement with the owner of a property where it plans to build a new operations facility, to replace the one at Grimes Lane. That's the takeaway from the regular monthly meeting of BT's five-member board of

April 14, 2025: Water bills, property taxes, MCCSC board vacancy, abolishment of a court

Weather Based on the National Weather Service forecast in text and charts here's some advice: Monday: You can probably get away without an outer wrap to start the day because the overnight low will dip only to 56°F before climbing to 70°F. You probably won'