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Monroe County Dems pick Ujdak as party chair, aim to focus on what they're for, not against

Monroe County Dems pick Ujdak as party chair, aim to focus on what they're for, not against

On Saturday, at its quadrennial reorganizational caucus held at Bloomington’s city hall, Monroe County Democrats elected Samuel Ujdak as party chair. Ujdak is taking over from outgoing chair David Henry, who did not seek to continue in the post. Other party officers picked on Saturday, also in uncontested elections,

A man holds up a conceptual design layout and points to it.

New Monroe County jail design moves ahead, with persisting concerns about size, cost

The planned Monroe County jail and justice center project now has an estimated construction price tag of almost $207 million, which increases to $237 million when soft costs are added, which is way more than the $200-million figure that county officials were given in mid-2024. Getting a unanimous green light

A sign placed in the flower bed says, "Put a woman in charge." A woman has a megaphone with the word "ACTION" written on it.

Kirkwood Avenue & Walnut Street

There's a sign placed in the flower bed that says, "Put a woman in charge."

A red-tailed hawk is sitting on top of a church steeple.

6th Street & Lincoln Street

There's a red-tailed hawk sitting on top of the First Presbyterian Church steeple.

A person holds a military style rifle in front of a government building. The plaza is made of brick.

Armed protester at Bloomington city hall prompts concerns about street homelessness, comms protocols, security

Late Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 25), on the bricked plaza in front of Bloomington’s city hall, a person with an AR-15-style rifle was passing out flyers for the Rainbow Panther Party with a call to “combat the city’s fascist policies against the unhoused.” The one-person demonstration reportedly lasted a

Editor's Notebook: Building a nest for a B Square relaunch

Editor's Notebook: Building a nest for a B Square relaunch

Yesterday (Feb. 25) marked an important milestone for an eventual relaunch of The B Square Bulletin. The old articles, published in the five and a half years before the shutdown late last year, were transferred to this new publishing platform. The new platform (Ghost) will help The B Square to

UNIT CTL UT Working Max $31,269,905 Under Max by $3,808,497. The figure $3,808,497 is circled in red.

$3.8M less for Monroe County govt in 2025 due to its own mistake, unintentional tax break for property owners

Monroe County government will collect about $3.8 million less in property taxes in 2025 than would have been allowed under state law. That’s due to what has been described to The B Square as a data entry error for the budget numbers that were approved by the seven-member