Monroe County Community Schools Superintendent Judi DeMuth is taking issue with discrepancies in MCCSC teacher compensation data distributed recently by Indiana State Representative Peggy Mayfield. In last night’s MCCSC school board meeting, DeMuth provided an excerpt from a handout she said Mayfield distributed at a recent education presentation. DeMuth said the handout underrepresented what MCCSC spends on teacher salaries. Interim …
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Bloomington Board Considering Storm Water Rate Increase
The Bloomington Utilities Service Board is considering raising the city’s storm water rates. In last night’s board meeting, board member Jim Sherman said storm water rates have remained flat for over 20 years. He said the city needs the increase to pay for overdue infrastructure projects. The Board is also considering gradually phasing in storm water increases, which could add …
Read More »As Wages Stagnate, Economic Disparity Between Hoosiers Widens
Unemployment across Indiana is below the national average, but according to a new report by the Indiana Institute for Working Families, more Hoosiers are taking jobs that pay less than the rest of their Midwestern peers. WFHB Correspondent Gabe Donnelly speaks with the report’s author, IIWF Senior Policy Analyst Andrew Bradley.
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