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The final piece of a major years-long stormwater management project in downtown Bloomington got its greenlight from Bloomington’s board of public works on Tuesday. The role of the board of public works at its Tuesday meeting was to approve the use of the right-of-way and the maintenance-of-traffic plan—which

On Monday at noon, several Monroe County officials gathered to strategize against a land use bill pending with Indiana’s state legislature. The bill, which is authored by District 62 representative Dave Hall (R), would prohibit local governments in Indiana from enacting laws that prevent development on land based just

The city of Bloomington has now released the files that were delivered by Crowe LLP as part of the firm’s job classifications and compensation study, which was done last year. Based on the study, Bloomington could change  the way it approaches equitable pay for city employees. On Friday (Jan.

Stories about public transportation can be fun. But only if they’re true. This past Wednesday afternoon, Bloomington Transit, the city’s public bus system, convened a “transit summit” at the Monroe Convention Center. It was attended by around 60 people, which included elected and appointed officials, as well as

Starting around 11 a.m. on Thursday (Jan. 25), staff from at least four city of Bloomington departments worked to clear a long-established encampment from a wooded stretch of city-owned property behind Wheeler Mission. Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson was at the site on Thursday wearing work clothes. She spoke with

On Monday, Jan. 22, the Monroe County jail population hit a peak of 275, when there were only 239 secure beds available. That’s according to an email message sent to several county officials the following day, by Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté. Before the spike, the population had been