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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced his proposed state budget today; Sen. (R-Indiana) Mike Braun proposed a bipartisan bill that would prevent members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown; The majority of Bloomington Common Council members voiced their support last night for designating the Maple Heights neighborhood a Historic Conservation District; The Monroe County Council has appropriated $2.4 million to …

The Monroe County Council has appropriated $2.4 million to expand the Monroe County Youth Service Bureau facilities. The Monroe County Commissioners already approved contracting with Building Associates Inc., pending the council’s funding approval. Juvenile Court Judge Stephen Galvin told council member Marty Hawk the expansion can be paid for with existing funds in Juvenile Services accounts. Council member Geoff McKim …

The city of Bloomington is selling bonds to raise money for Mayor John Hamilton’s Parks initiative; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has accepted the resignation of the state’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs Director, Jim Brown; The budget will be tight for January’s upcoming session of the Indiana Legislature, that’s according to Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma; The Monroe County Council has …

Monroe County Election officials are verifying ballot tabulations in the Monroe County Council District 2 race; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, acting on behalf of the state, is filing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill was elected by his peers this weekend as the vice chair of the Republican Attorneys General Association; A Catholic High School guidance counselor, who …

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 …

Monroe County is investing in the health of its employees with on-the-job exercise equipment. On Tuesday, the Monroe County Council got its first look at a $40,000 project to put stand-up desks, treadmills, and recumbent bikes in county office buildings. Administrator Angela Purdie told the council many county employees already use stand up desks. Adding treadmills and bikes allows employees …

Monroe County Emergency Management Director Alison Moore is working to ensure county residents receive help in the wake of a disaster; The Bloomington-based domestic violence shelter Middle Way House announced this afternoon a new slate of officers, including a new president. FEATURE The second annual Bloomington and South Central Indiana Opioid Summit takes September 18 and 19, at the Monroe Convention Center. …

Monroe County’s three commissioners will each get paid the same amount next year, a salary of $35,257. Currently, the president of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners receives about $700 more annually than the other two commissioners. The Monroe County Council approved the change yesterday, in its second round of budget hearings. Council members Marty Hawk and Cheryl Munson support …

The Utilities Service Board will support a water quality initiative, by the Friends of Lake Monroe. Friends of Lake Monroe, a nonprofit, is applying for a federal grant to develop a watershed management plan, which would include the creation of a watershed coordinator position. Sherry Mitchell-Bruker is a hydrologist and founder of the Friends of Lake Monroe. She said the …

Women’s reproductive rights advocates and religious conservatives traded arguments at the Monroe County Council’s Sophia Travis Grant distribution; County Council allocated $25,000 to the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District to distribute 30,000 reusable plastic shopping bag. FEATURE City officials met yesterday to address public demand to remove the addresses of fatal opioid overdoses from the city’s data website. WFHB …