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In under three hours on Monday night, Bloomington’s plan commission dispatched five recommended ordinances that revise the text of the city’s basic land use document, which is the unified development ordinance (UDO). That makes eight ordinances so far that the commission has voted to recommend to the city

A requested rezone for 87 acres of land at the southern tip of Bloomington, next to I-69, was rejected by Bloomington’s city council at its meeting last Wednesday. The requested rezone by owner Bill Brown—from PUD (planned unit development) to MC (mixed-use corridor)—was based on

Shortly after 11 a.m. in Dunn Meadow on Indiana University’s campus, a demonstration tipped off in support of those experiencing homelessness in Bloomington. Somewhere between 70 and 90 people were a part of the action at various points during the late morning and early afternoon, which would up

On Friday, the reports of a continued trend of low case numbers for COVID-19 included customary words of caution about continued vigilance from local officials in Monroe County. But remarks by local officials at Friday’s weekly press conference on pandemic response also included a hint of concern about

On Thursday, convention and visitors commissioner Mike Campbell delivered to his colleagues an update on Monroe County’s innkeeper’s tax revenues. The news was not as bad as over the summer. Another bright spot on Thursday for the five-member convention and visitors commission (CVC) related to a different

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved a water rate increase for city of Bloomington utilities (CBU) customers. The water rate increase will come in two phases, in 2022 and 2024. Residential customers will pay a total of 22 percent more over the course of four years. Other