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On Thursday, Monroe County commissioners were eager to establish that no decision has yet been reached on a choice of location for a new county jail. About a minute into a meeting of county elected officials on Thursday afternoon, commissioner Penny Githens said, “I want to state emphatically: No decision

For at least another five years, residents who live in a roughly 2.5-square-mile area inside Bloomington will enjoy benefits like state income tax deductions and eligibility for post-secondary education scholarships. That’s based on action by Bloomington’s city council at its Wednesday meeting, when it approved a five-year

In under a half hour on Thursday, Monroe County’s election board got through its regular meeting agenda, which included an update on the early voting totals for the Nov. 7 municipal election. Through Wednesday 1,703 people have voted early in person at the election operations center at 3rd

In 2022, the average cost of taking care of an animal at Bloomington’s animal shelter was about $269. In the same year 1,380 animals that originated inside of Monroe County—but outside of Bloomington and the town of Ellettsville—were taken in at Bloomington’s shelter. That translates

A consultant’s report delivered to the city of Bloomington almost two years ago, lists out 10 recommendations about the city’s nearly 50 boards and commissions. The second item on the list is to merge three different commissions: traffic commission;  parking commission; and bicycle and pedestrian safety commission. Last

After the first quarter of 2023, the Monroe County branch of the NAACP issued a news release reporting that “racial disparity in the Monroe County jail is worse than ever.” That was based on numbers from Jan. 1 through March 31, which showed on average that Black inmates made up