B There B-Line & Hillside Drive The vertical graffiti on the yellow centerline for the B-Line reads: HEY YOU with a heart punctuating it. The vertical graffiti on the yellow centerline for the B-Line reads: HEY YOU with a heart punctuating it. (Dave Askins, Nov. 16, 2025)
Feb. 19, 2026: Voting hours, student ID ban, Showers West tenants This edition includes reports on setting of early voting hours, the status of a lawsuit over the ban on student IDs as voter IDs, and the fight by some Showers West tenants against the termination of their leases by the city of Bloomington.
Monroe County election board OKs 28 Election Day polling sites, early voting hours, but state legislation could limit schedule Monroe County’s election board OK’d traditional early voting hours for 2026, while warning that pending state legislation could cut the voting window from 28 days to 16. The board also moved toward using 28 polling places, though some sites have not yet confirmed they can host Election Day voting.
Federal lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban seeks emergency court order ahead of primary With early voting set to start April 7, plaintiffs challenging Indiana’s new student ID voting ban have asked a federal judge to block the law before the May 5 primary. If the judge agrees, college IDs could be used at the polls this spring; if denied, students will need other identification.
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