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Today is number 2 on our countdown of the Top Stories of 2016. In this episode, we take a look back at how Bloomington took part in activism surrounding race and police violence. The city saw its biggest Black Lives Matter rally so far, another protest to draw attention to the suspicious death of a black IU student, and a …

9/6/16 The Bloomington Police Department provided fewer than six copies of body or dash camera footage to citizens during the five months before the city dramatically increased the cost of accessing the records; In a meeting last week, the Monroe County Election Board received assurances voting machine vendor Hart InterCivic that their machines will allow the county to comply with …

The Indiana University Police Department has decided to implement police body cameras on campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis, with the stated goal of improving officer accountability and police-community relations; The Bloomington City Council conducted four nights of departmental budget hearings last week; There may soon be another place that Twitter cannot go. The Times of Northwest Indiana reports that Indiana …