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Financial advisers hired by the City of Bloomington have concluded the City can financially support funding a proposed Convention Center expansion with bonds. As currently proposed, a 60 thousand square foot expansion would cost roughly 44 million dollars, and would include a 30 thousand square foot exhibit hall, and renovating the existing convention center. A food and beverage tax was …

The design firm selected to expand the Monroe Convention Center said they’re working to ensure public input is part of the process; Layoffs have begun at The Herald-Times of Bloomington; Indiana Sen. (R- Lawrenceberg) Chip Perfect stepped back from his initial effort to revise state child labor laws. FEATURE Area service providers in Bloomington officially signed a letter in support of the …

Pete Buttigieg has thrown his hat in the ring for the 2020 presidential race; City of Bloomington and Monroe County officials approved the first expenditures of the local Food and Beverage Tax; The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission is asking for more information from two vendors, vying to oversee the redevelopment of the old IU Health hospital site; Hoosier Hills Foodbank announced today they are …

After months of disagreement between Monroe County and the City of Bloomington, the two parties have reached an accord over the proposed convention center expansion. Work on the Monroe convention center is set to resume after the Monroe County Board of Commissioners approved a new memorandum of understanding with the city last night. Going forward, Bloomington and Monroe County are …

Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly backtracked on his opposition to Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh; Some absentee ballot applications mailed by the Indiana Democratic Party are ‘faulty.’ That’s according to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson’s Office; Indiana’s highest ranking education official will not seek re-election; Monroe County bars and restaurants are slowly stepping up to pay the county’s new food and beverage tax. …

Indiana Republicans reaffirmed ‘marriage’ as the union between a man and a woman, during their state convention, on Friday; MCCSC is looking to adopt new curricula for its middle and high schools students, after racist materials in the district’s elementary schools Social Studies curriculum generated controversy, earlier this year; Monroe County and the City of Bloomington are working on how best to …

A new countywide food and beverage begins Thursday. The one percent tax is being applied to hot foods, and foods comprised of two or more ingredients that are sold as a single item. Though county officials passed the tax into law in December, some still have concerns about its effect on low-and-fixed income individuals. County Council member Marty Hawk says …