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Local Government

Articles in this section cover Bloomington city council, the mayor's office, Monroe County's board of commissioners, county council, and all the other local units.

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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

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$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-