April 30, 2026: New jail financing, campaign finance reports, polling location access This morning's edition includes the latest news on new jail planning, campaign finance reports, and assessments of polling location accessibility.
April 27, 2026: Kirkwood shooting, Perry Township trustee race, residential TIF, downtown Bloomington real estate This morning’s edition includes: Updates on a Kirkwood shooting that put one person in the hospital; a report on the Perry Township trustee race; city council action on a residential TIF; and fading prospects for a land swap for a convention center hotel site.
April 23, 2026: North Park, College Square, candidate forum, public art This edition includes reports on city council action related to jail planning, a forum for county commissioner candidates, an RDC public offering for College Square, and four finalist proposals for convention center public art.
April 20, 2026: Earth Day, political poll, $7.59M price for College Square This edition includes reports on Bloomington’s Earth Day and Eco-Heroes art winners, Monroe County property transfers, a $7.59M minimum offering for the College Square site, a political text poll about Mayor Kerry Thomson, and a proposed CIB-RDC land swap tied to a convention center host hotel.
April 16, 2026: Flock cameras, North Park jail, Student IDs, Host hotel, Apartment site plan, Trashion runway This edition includes reports about Bloomington’s non-renewal of its Flock camera contract, the North Park jail site dispute, a court ruling restoring student IDs as voter ID, a Greystar apartment approval, a convention center host-hotel land transfer, and the Trashion Refashion runway show.
April 12, 2026: Early voting, county jail plan, Ellettsville reorg, public bus routes, sheriff’s lawsuit This edition includes reports on the Ellettsville-Richland Township reorg proposal, early voting, possible route reconfiguration by Bloomington Transit, the sheriff’s lawsuit against the state attorney general, and the county jail plan.
April 9, 2026: Election sign kerfuffle, host hotel, bus operations center, police standoff This edition includes reports on a sign placement controversy at Election Central, a step forward on Bloomington Transit’s effort to build a new operations center, a land transfer in connection with a convention center host hotel, and an hours-long standoff with police.