Tag Archives: Mid Term Elections

Bloomington-based Indiana Limestone Company has filled in Sander’s Quarry; The Monroe County Commissioners met with the Monroe County Election Board last week to review issues with the November 6th mid-term election; Indiana lawmakers are expected to take up illegal and unwanted phone calls in January. FEATURE WFHB Correspondent Michael Glab speaks with Michael Koryta about his latest book, based on …

Indiana lawmakers are expected to take up illegal and unwanted phone calls in January. Telemarketers and fraudulent scammers are using advances in technology to skirt federal and state telemarketing laws in Indiana. The Associated Press reports some telemarketers are now using “spoof” numbers to make it appear as if a call is coming from a local area code. Spoofing and …

Monroe County Election officials are verifying ballot tabulations in the Monroe County Council District 2 race. After voting closed on November 6th, an error was discovered in the program that reads the data collected from ballot scanners. The program was reading the race as under-voted. Republican board member William Ellis explained voters are meant to cast one vote in the …

Officials in a northwestern Indiana county released election results, on Friday, some three days after Tuesday’s midterm election; Indiana House Republicans will hang onto their super-majority in the state’s legislature; Indiana Senator Todd Young is campaigning to lead the National Senate Republicans’ Campaign, in 2020; A proposal to expand Meadowwood retirement community is getting a less than positive reception. FEATURE WFHB Correspondent Michael …

Indiana House Republicans will hang onto their super-majority in the state’s legislature. The Republicans have held a super-majority of over two-thirds in both the state house and state senate since 2012. The Grand Old Party currently maintains 67 seats in the state’s House of representatives to the Democrats 33 seats. Democrats picked up one seat during last week’s midterm elections. …

In Tuesday’s midterm elections, Republican candidates swept offices in Brown county. The Brown County Democrat reports four Democratic positions were replaced by Republican candidates, on Tuesday: Brown County Auditor, Circuit Court Clerk, a Circuit Court Judge, and one county council seat. Brown County school board president Buzz King also lost his seat on Tuesday. The Democrat reports King, a 16 year …

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital today, after falling and fracturing three ribs; Progressive organizations are calling on supporters to turn out in the streets, this afternoon; On Tuesday, voters in Indiana elected the state’s first openly gay legislator; Several mistakes on Tuesday, in northwestern Indiana’s Porter County, mean the state won’t see election results until next …

While most counties had reported midterm election results by at least 11 p.m. last night, Porter county, with 132 precincts in a predominantly Democratic area of the state, is still tallying votes. Porter County’s commissioners and its voter registration office said vote counting began this morning. The county’s election board said results won’t be released until votes are counted in …

Nearly 60 percent of registered voters in Monroe County cast ballots in yesterday’s midterm election. That’s despite several polling places in Monroe County running out of ballots. Monroe County Election Board Chair William Ellis said some voters waited three to four hours. Voter turnout during this year’s midterm election surpassed the 2016 presidential election. Ellis said that’s unprecedented in Monroe …

Indiana was the scene of major Republican wins last night; Ballot counting is still underway in Northwest Indiana’s Porter County; Full Election returns are in for Monroe County – Democrats have unsurprisingly largely swept races; The Bloomington Plan Commission is voicing initial support for a large, mixed use development at Pete Ellis Drive and Longview; FEATURE Polling sites around Monroe County ran out …