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Two days after the midterm election, and no votes have officially been counted  in northwestern Indiana’s Porter County. Commissioners in Porter County asked the FBI on Wednesday to investigate, “scores of alleged violations of Indiana Election Law,” following Tuesday’s midterm election. The county, which has 132 precincts in a predominantly Democratic area of of the state has yet to release …

Paper ballots ran out at two precincts in Monroe County. One pollworker said they’ve been continuously printing and delivering ballots to voter precincts since this morning; Races in Indiana are likely to indicate whether or not a so-called ‘blue wave’ is breaking across the country; Yesterday, the Bloomington Redevelopment Commission approved leveraging one million dollars in TIF revenue to attract funding for …

President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama will be in Indiana this weekend. The sitting Republican President and former Democratic president are scheduled to hold rallies supporting their parties’ respective Senate candidates.  Incumbent Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly is up for re-election on Tuesday. President Obama will stump for Donnelly in Gary, Indiana on Sunday. Meanwhile,  President Trump is scheduled …

A Republican candidate is dropping out of a public forum, hosted by Black Lives Matter Bloomington. Jacob Franklin, a candidate for Monroe Circuit Court clerk, announced in a public statement last night that he wouldn’t be participating in “A Seat at the Table”: Bloomington Black Lives Matter’s Midterm Candidate Round-Table Discussion. The public forum takes place tomorrow. Franklin says he …

John Tilford scolded revelers during yesterday’s Fourth of July parade and celebrations, on the courthouse square in downtown Bloomington. In particular, Tilford admonished low voter turnout in Monroe county’s primary. Nineteen percent of registered voters cast ballots in that primary election, in Monroe County. Tilford did not get the chance to finish his comments, yesterday; The nearly 40-year career military …

Indiana Republicans approved a plank, during their party convention last weekend in Evansville, which aims to make abortion a constitutional issue.  Indiana University’s Board of Trustees is meeting in Gary today and tomorrow.  The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is predicting high ozone levels across our listening area tomorrow.  A new bike sharing program is being launched by the City of Bloomington and …