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The Herald-Times’ Managing Editor is stepping down. In an email this morning, J.J. Perry, who took over the local daily in February, informed staff members he will leave. Perry took the helm of the newspaper, after the departure of long-time Editor Bob Zaltsberg, earlier this year. Perry is one of at least a dozen employees to leave since the beginning of …

Pete Buttigieg announces bid for Democratic Presidential nomination; Amanda Barge’s resignation leaves vacant District 3 seat; Early Primary voting is under way; City officials continue work on comprehensive transportation plan; City taking nominations for Sustainability awards. FEATURE On this week’s edition of Big Talk Extra, Nile Arena talks about the issues that motivate his independent run for Mayor. ACTIVATE! In …

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 …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill wants lawmakers to increase his budget by about $5 million. The republican Attorney General sent two of his deputies to request the increase from the State Budget Committee meeting on Monday. Hill did not make the request in person, although other top office holders asking for budget increases did, according to an Associated Press report. The …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill was elected by his peers this weekend as the vice chair of the Republican Attorneys General Association. The election comes as the embattled Attorney General faces repeated calls from state lawmakers and fellow Republicans to resign. Hill is accused by four women of sexual harassment and sexual battery, after he allegedly groped them at a …

The Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners yesterday authorized borrowing $10 million for proposed parks projects. The projects will be paid for by three separate bonds that collectively are known as the 2018 Parks Bicentennial Bond. Parks Operations Director Dave Williams said many of the proposed projects connect trails within the city. Once such project would follow Duke Energy power lines …

The Richland – Bean Blossom School Board unanimously approved a three-year contract for a new superintendent, Monday night. Though the contract is nameless, it provides the new superintendent a salary of 130 thousand dollars annually. That’s about five thousand dollars more than what former RBB superintendent Mike Wilcox reportedly earned. Wilcox resigned in June after miscalculating the school corporation’s debt …

Some Indiana residents are criticizing Governor Eric Holcomb’s call for Attorney Curtis Hill to resign. Holcomb called for Hill to resign after the Attorney General was accused of sexual misconduct by four women, earlier this year. Three legislative staffers and a democratic representative accuse Hill of repeatedly groping them at an end-of-the-legislative session party, in March. Hill denies the allegations. …

Earlier this month an Indiana lawmaker and three legislative staffers launched claims of inappropriate touching against Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill. Hill denies the accusations and has called for an investigation into the claims made against him. Governor Holcomb and a number of state leaders have called for his resignation. Voices in the Street asks Bloomington residents whether or not …