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In a news release issued by the United Way on Tuesday afternoon, nearly 30 area non-profits, private businesses and governmental units have announced the launch of a fund to support human service needs during the COVID-19 viral pandemic. Tuesday morning, Indiana’s department of health announced a second death due

In a press release issued Tuesday morning, Monroe County announced that president of the board of commissioners, Julie Thomas, has invoked her emergency powers under state statute and local code due to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic virus. The initial declaration of emergency is for seven days, but could

Last September, a joint meeting of city and county officials was held about the convention center expansion. City councilmember Dave Rollo asked Bloomington’s financial advisor a question about the estimates for future food and beverage tax revenues: “In the event of an economic downturn, have you factored in a

In a press release issued Friday,  Bloomington Transit (BT), the public bus service in Bloomington, announced that its March board meeting is cancelled. That follows the trend towards cancelling government board and commission meetings to reduce the chances of transmitting the COVID-19 pandemic virus. The meeting cancellation will delay by

At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has caused cancellation of several public meetings, Bloomington’s city council now has an additional, special meeting on its calendar set for March 25th. The extra meeting was added so that the council can act to approve the re-funding of some waterworks bonds.

Late Wednesday, Indiana state legislators worked to hash through some wording of a new law, which has a description that appears unremarkable on the list of this session’s bills: “HB 1065: Various tax matters.” The grab-bag nature of the legislation is revealed by its synopsis, which runs nearly 1,