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In 2008, Monroe County moved to build a new, expanded jail -framed as a “justice campus” using humanitarian rhetoric.  In response, a diverse group of local residents founded an organization called Decarcerate Monroe County (DMC).  Here is how they later summarized their activities: “DMC’s framework included embracing alternatives to punitive justice, promoting ways to decarcerate, and building a safer community. …

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 …

Big Box retailers aren’t paying their fair share of taxes. Monroe County Tax Assessor Judy Sharp said local officials are getting tied up at state courts, when large corporations appeal the assessed tax value on their properties. Sharp said that can cost the county millions of dollars, if the county loses the appeal. In today’s Feature, Assessor Judith Sharp explains …

The Monroe County Tax Assessor’s office says the Lowe’s, Target and Menard’s corporations are tying up her office, in challenges to the assessed tax values of their businesses. This morning, The Monroe County Assessor told Monroe County Commissioners that corporations are trying to cut the assessed tax values of their properties in half. Judith Sharp says the corporate offices of …