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Much of last Tuesday’s Bloomington city council hearing on the police department’s 2022 budget focused on pay for Bloomington’s sworn officers. A key question councilmembers were keen to get answered: How does compensation for Bloomington’s police officers stack up against compensation in other Indiana cities? At

On the agenda for Tuesday’s special meeting of Bloomington’s city council are three potential amendments to the map for one of the proposed areas in the city’s annexation plan. The only area that is subject to any potential boundary amendments put forward by councilmembers is Area 2.

Saturday marked Bloomington’s seventh annual Pridefest, an in-person street festival on Kirkwood Avenue celebrating the LGBTQ community. Hosted by the non-profit Bloomington PRIDE, Saturday’s event drew around 15,000 people, according to one volunteer’s estimate. The day-long event featured vendor expos, workshops with activists, and entertainment. The

At its Wednesday work session, Monroe County’s board of commissioners agreed on a resolution that will establish an advisory committee to guide its decisions on the redrawing of precinct and district boundaries for the county. The upcoming work of potentially redrawing precinct boundaries—and possibly districts for county commissioners

Wednesday’s city council hearings on the administration’s proposed 2022 budget featured presentations from four different city of Bloomington departments—housing and neighborhood development (HAND),  economic and sustainable development (ESD), community and family resources (CFRD), and parks and recreation. Also a part of the mix on Wednesday was a

At Wednesday’s regular meeting of Monroe County commissioners, county health administrator Penny Caudill briefed the three electeds on the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic. Positive cases continue to trend upward in Monroe County, in the state, and across the country, she reported. But Monday’s full approval of