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Column: Behold the Redhead ducks at Bloomington’s Miller-Showers Park!

Column: Behold the Redhead ducks at Bloomington’s Miller-Showers Park!

Miller-Showers Park is wedged between two of Bloomington’s heaviest-travelled roads—Walnut Street on the east and College Avenue on the west. On the south, the park is bounded by 17th Street. A bit to the north is State Road 46. Those roadways combined carry something like 50,000 vehicles

Allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to IU Health bumped by nearly 30 percent

Allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to IU Health bumped by nearly 30 percent

The local and regional pace of COVID-19 vaccination should be increasing, based on the additional 1,170 doses of Pfizer vaccine that Indiana’s department of health will be adding to the weekly shipment of 4,000 doses. That was a highlight from remarks by Brian Shockney, president of IU

Bloomington’s dozen water main breaks in a week make for record-setting start to 2021

Bloomington’s dozen water main breaks in a week make for record-setting start to 2021

A press release from city of Bloomington utilities (CBU) on Thursday reported four water main breaks that day, with various boil water notices. The news release also noted that Thursday’s breaks brought the total since last Saturday to 12 breaks. On Saturday afternoon (Feb. 20), a break at the

Proposed law on protections for Bloomington’s houseless population prompts question: What are a city’s core services?

Proposed law on protections for Bloomington’s houseless population prompts question: What are a city’s core services?

For about five hours on Wednesday, Bloomington’s city council considered a proposed law that would prevent the displacement of houseless people from their encampments in city parks, unless certain conditions are met. One of the alternatives provided in the proposed law is for the city to designate locations on

Indiana’s highest court says Bloomington did not violate Constitution with Greek house definition

Indiana’s highest court says Bloomington did not violate Constitution with Greek house definition

Bloomington and other college towns in Indiana will be able to rely on institutions of higher education to help define what a sorority or fraternity house is. A unanimous decision issued by Indiana’s Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a court of appeals ruling that said Bloomington had unconstitutionally delegated

Bloomington’s proposed law protecting encampments puts housing first: “We can’t shelter our way out of this problem.”

Bloomington’s proposed law protecting encampments puts housing first: “We can’t shelter our way out of this problem.”

Set for Wednesday are the first round of the Bloomington city council’s deliberations on a proposed new law that would provide protections to encampments of houseless people in city parks. The council could take a provisional vote, but there won’t be a vote on the question of enactment.

Proposed ordinance giving protections to houseless encampments gets a look from Bloomington human rights group

Proposed ordinance giving protections to houseless encampments gets a look from Bloomington human rights group

A proposed ordinance on encampments of houseless people in city parks got some scrutiny from Bloomington’s human rights commission at the group’s regular meeting on Monday. The commissioners voted 3–0 with two abstentions to endorse the proposed ordinance, with some caveats. The proposed law is set for