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Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly weighed in on the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb’s proposed one billion dollar infrastructure plan did not seek input from the state’s legislature; Second Lady Karen Pence will be in Indiana tomorrow; The Second Annual South Central Indiana Opioid Summit begins tomorrow; Electric scooters have popped up at bike racks across Bloomington; The …

HEADLINES Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly met with Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, earlier today; Monroe County residents will see fewer road clean-up crews picking up trash; The Monroe County Community School Corporation’s 2019 budget is expected to be nearly five million dollars higher than this year’s budget; The Indiana Arts Commission announced yesterday that they will bestow awards to two Bloomington …

Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly will meet with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, tomorrow. In a statement issued this afternoon, the first-term incumbent Democrat announced he will meet with SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at noon. Kavanaugh is the second Supreme Court Justice nominated by President Trump; Neil Gorsuch was approved earlier this year. Donnelly was one of three Democratic Senators …

Indiana residents have been receiving unsolicited text messages urging them to call Senator Joe Donnelly’s office.  Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has joined the attorneys general of 25 other states in sending a letter to the U.S. Senate in support of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh.  Indiana Attorney General Cutis Hill has taken to advertising his innocence online.  The Monroe …

Indiana residents have been receiving unsolicited text messages urging them to call Senator Joe Donnelly’s office. The Indianapolis Star reports the text messages are directed at Indiana area codes, and urge residents to pressure the first-term Democratic Senator to vote to confirm President Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee. The texts come from the Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative political organization …

President Donald Trump is expected to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court today. The president’s decision comes after Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement two weeks ago, that he will resign at the end of July. Kennedy was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1988. He was the third candidate put forward for approval by then-president Ronald Reagan. Since 2006, Supreme …

President Donald Trump is expected to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court today; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is refusing to step down from his post, following sexual assault allegations last week; Planned Parenthood is closing their clinic in Fort Wayne due to intimidation; Brown County is expected to break ground on a new 12 and a half million dollar performing arts …

The Bloomington City Council approved a guiding document for the city’s armored vehicle last night; Kirkwood Ave. will be closed on the south side of the courthouse next Tuesday, SCOTUS ruled against labor unions yesterday in a decision that will effect the countries unions for years to come, Indiana is still waiting to receive $7.6 million in funding from the …

The Supreme Court struck a blow to labor unions yesterday. In a five-four decision, the court held that laws forcing all public sector employees—including police, firefighters and teachers— to pay union fees were unconstitutional. The court majority wrote that forcing non-union employees to pay the fees was a violation worker’s first amendment rights. This new ruling could have impacts on …

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his plans today to retire from the bench. In a brief, three sentence letter to President Trump, 81-year-old Kennedy said that he plans on formally ceding his spot as a supreme court justice at the end of next month. In the letter, Kennedy wrote, “Please permit me by this letter to express my profound …