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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.

Monroe County reverses course, nixes higher pay for health services director

Monroe County reverses course, nixes higher pay for health services director

On Tuesday night, a request from Monroe County's health administrator Lori Kelley to change the job classification of the department's health services director from a lower classification (PAT D) to a higher one (EXE A) failed on a 2–5 vote. Voting in favor were Trent

Site review for hotel takes step forward, as project lags behind Bloomington Convention Center expansion

Site review for hotel takes step forward, as project lags behind Bloomington Convention Center expansion

On Monday, an incremental step was taken towards getting a developer to build a hotel to support the expansion of the Bloomington Convention Center. Bloomington's redevelopment commission (RDC), which owns the property at 216 S. College Avenue, authorized spending up to $100,000 to "undertake investigation and

Cost for shoring, repair of century-old brick wall in Trades District could reach $600K

Cost for shoring, repair of century-old brick wall in Trades District could reach $600K

It could cost up to a half million dollars to permanently repair the south brick wall of the former Showers Brothers Furniture building that houses The Mill in Bloomington's Trades District. The half million comes on top of the roughly $100,000 it already took to shore up

Monroe County commissioners balk at putting storage contract for election equipment in private vendor's name: 'This is the people's property'

Monroe County commissioners balk at putting storage contract for election equipment in private vendor's name: 'This is the people's property'

Put off by Monroe County commissioners at their meeting this past Thursday was the renewal of a contract with B&L IT Services for election support services. For several years, B&L has provided support services for elections, including technical support for voting machines. For 2025 and 2026,

CAPTCHA won't last long, as Monroe County gets new web host, new domain name

CAPTCHA won't last long, as Monroe County gets new web host, new domain name

People who wanted to visit the Monroe County government website over the last few weeks might have first been challenged to prove they were humans, by completing a CAPTCHA—which made them pick all the chairs (or clocks) in a grid of images. The acronym stands for Completely Automated Public

Growth: Fallacy or imperative? More than 200 parcels downzoned on 2–1 vote by Monroe County commissioners

Growth: Fallacy or imperative? More than 200 parcels downzoned on 2–1 vote by Monroe County commissioners

More than 200 parcels in the unincorporated area of Monroe County have been downzoned on two separate 2–1 votes of the county commissioners. The vote came at this week's regular Thursday morning meeting of the commissioners. Dissenting was Jody Madeira. Forming the two-person majority were Lee Jones

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