Sign in Subscribe

Old B Square

Jennifer McCormick kicks off gubernatorial campaign in Bloomington

Jennifer McCormick kicks off gubernatorial campaign in Bloomington

A little after 7 p.m., Jennifer McCormick arrived at Switchyard Brewing Company on North Walnut Street in downtown Bloomington with her 2024 gubernatorial campaign team. McCormick is vying for the Democratic Party’s nomination as the governor of the Hoosier state. The campaign launched with a late-Wednesday filing, then

2023 Bloomington Democratic Party Primary: Mapping out the mayoral results

2023 Bloomington Democratic Party Primary: Mapping out the mayoral results

It’s no longer breaking news that Kerry Thomson won the Democratic Party’s nomination for mayor of Bloomington in Tuesday’s election. Thomson’s 3,444 votes gave her about 43 percent of the vote, compared to 33 percent (2,644) for Susan Sandberg and 24 percent (1,924)

2023 Bloomington Democratic Party primary results: Thomson wins mayoral nomination, 5 of 9 councilmembers won’t return in 2024

2023 Bloomington Democratic Party primary results: Thomson wins mayoral nomination, 5 of 9 councilmembers won’t return in 2024

On Tuesday, Kerry Thomson won a clear 10-point victory over second-place finisher Susan Sandberg in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for mayor of Bloomington. [.pdf file of 2023 unofficial primary election results] Thomson did not get a majority of the 8,012 votes in the three-way race.

Alea iacta est: May 2, 2023 primary election results, served when ready

Alea iacta est: May 2, 2023 primary election results, served when ready

Primary Election Day polls for May 2, 2023 have now closed in Monroe County. The cutoff time was 6 p.m., which made for a 12-hour voting day. But anyone in line by 6 p.m. has to be allowed to cast a ballot. Bloomington voters are electing party nominees

City Primary Election Day for Bloomington, Ellettsville: Polls are OPEN

City Primary Election Day for Bloomington, Ellettsville: Polls are OPEN

“The polls are open and all is well.” That was the opening line from an email sent by Monroe County clerk Nicole Browne at 6:09 a.m today, Tuesday, May 2. Bloomington voters are electing party nominees for mayor, clerk, and nine city council seats. Ellettsville voters are electing

2023 primary election notebook: Final prep done for Bloomington, Ellettsville voting on May 2

2023 primary election notebook: Final prep done for Bloomington, Ellettsville voting on May 2

Final preparations for tomorrow’s May 2 primary elections in Bloomington and Ellettsville are now pretty much complete. Monroe County’s election board met on Monday evening at Election Central at Madison and 7th streets to field telephoned questions from the workers at the 18 polling locations, who were setting

Substance use awareness group gets a look inside Monroe County’s jail

Substance use awareness group gets a look inside Monroe County’s jail

On Friday, when a tour group of elected and appointed officials arrived at the Monroe County jail’s laundry room, two industrial-sized dryers were spinning, which made the area smell like freshly washed clothes. Leading the tour was jail commander Kyle Gibbons, who said about the laundry, “This is the