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The Bloomington Farmer’s Market Advisory Council is scheduled to meet tonight. Those normally quiet meetings are expected to be more lively tonight, as community members ask the advisory council to ban a Brown County vendor from the farmers’ market, due to their alleged ties to a white supremacist group. At least two petitions are asking the City of Bloomington’s Parks …

The Bloomington Farmer’s Market is facing a public petition, demanding the expulsion of two individuals who operate as vendors for Schooner Creek Farm. The petition alleges the individuals are connected to the White supremacist movement, Identity Evropa, and encourages both the Bloomington Farmer’s Market and the Nashville Farmer’s Market to ban them. The allegations come after the trial and FBI …

Bloomington’s Weekday Farmers Markets begin tomorrow; The city of Bloomington is reviewing its harassment policies and guidelines; Revenues from Monroe County’s Public Safety Income Tax continue to grow since its adoption, in 2016. FEATURE Surviving members Phil Proctor and David Ossman were in town this past weekend to appear in WFHB’s Firehouse Follies. They joined host Michael Glab on last …

In a marathon session last night, Bloomington City Council members deliberated the finer points of  proposed legislation regulating scooter use in the city; Recent allegations of sexual harassment between a Monroe County commissioner and a county contractor have prompted the  county’s legal department to further refine its personal policy and county code. FEATURE Community members brought video and audio allegedly …

Committee set to hear ‘loansharking’ bill; Commissioner Barge resigns amidst harassment allegations; voter registration for May primary ends today; local political action group endorses Hamilton campaign. FEATURE Bloomington City Council candidate Matt Flaherty talks with Michael Glab on this week’s edition of Big Talk Extra. ACTIVATE Tracy Young talks about her volunteer work with the American Red Cross Disaster Services. …

Monroe County Commissioner Amanda Barge announced she will resign, this afternoon. Barge is accused of sexual harassment by former independent Monroe County contractor, Brandon Drake. The County Commissioner previously suspended her campaign for Bloomington Mayor. The mayoral campaign suspension was announced as the same day as an Indiana Daily Student article‘s publication, which included audio excerpts and correspondence between Barge …

Monroe County Commissioner Amanda Barge spoke out this morning against allegations of sexual harassment made against her last week. Former county government contractor Brandon Drake accused Barge of harassment in a March 26th article in the Indiana Daily Student. Monroe County contracted with Drake to develop Monroe County Pathways, a resource line for people experiencing addiction. In the IDS article, …

At the behest of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners and Health Department Administrator Penny Caudill, the Monroe County Legal Department published a detailed report on a former contractor’s business relationship with the county. The public statement comes after an Indiana Daily Student article, released Tuesday, detailed sexual harassment allegations between the former contractor and Monroe County Commissioner Amanda Barge. …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill could lose his law license due to his alleged sexual misconduct against three legislative staffers and a State Representative, last year. Four women came forward over the past year, claiming the state’s highest-ranking law enforcement official groped them at a legislative party in March, 2018. AG Hill has refuted the claims, and refuses to step …

Representative (D-MN) Ilhan Omar’s statements about the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee have garnered controversy about the United States’ relationship with Israel. In today’s Voices in the Street, Producer Isaak Gonzalez asks area residents how they feel about the U.S. relationship with Israel.