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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFinancial advisers hired by the City of Bloomington have concluded the City can financially support funding a proposed Convention Center expansion with bonds. As currently proposed, a 60 thousand square foot expansion would cost roughly 44 million dollars, and would include a 30 thousand square foot exhibit …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:41 — 1.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Sheriff’s Association proposed a tax rate increase to ease overcrowding of low-level felons in County Jails, last week. The rate is currently at thirty-five dollars per day for a low level felons and the proposed twenty dollar increase would aid in solving overcrowded jails, says …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:18 — 41.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe city of Bloomington released its proposed annual budget, on Friday. The 300-page document outlines 90 million dollars worth of expenditures; A new wheel tax is being considered to help the Town of Ellettsville pay for infrastructure; Lawrence, Green, and Monroe Counties are all among counties with …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:25 — 19.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch is slated to attend the soft opening of Hard Truth Hills Distillery, later this week; The opening of Hard Truth Hills in Nashville is the latest development in an ongoing water dispute; Richland Bean Blossom Community School Board unanimously approved lowering its tax …

E-Book PDF: Open in New Window | Download (327.0KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA study by Purdue University is being used by the federal Commerce Department, as the basis for President Trump’s proposed steel tariff plans. Thomas Hertel, of the Global Trade Analysis Project at Purdue, says his study is being misused by the Commerce Department to sell the administration’s 25 percent …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:26 — 1.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA new countywide food and beverage begins Thursday. The one percent tax is being applied to hot foods, and foods comprised of two or more ingredients that are sold as a single item. Though county officials passed the tax into law in December, some still have concerns …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:44 — 20.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA New York Times article released this afternoon alleges that the Indiana University Foundation off-shored assets in the Cayman Islands, Vice President Michael Pence will visit Plainfield tomorrow to advocate for the Trump administration’s tax reform bill, and low-income families in Indiana can now apply for financial heating …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreUnited Way of Monroe County and the Financial Stability Alliance for South Central Indiana and partners have launched the Free Community Tax Service for this year in Monroe and Owen counties. Community Initiative Director, Ashley Hall says the program started four years ago. “A lot of our …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:30 — 2.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreTwo Monroe County officials gave a presentation Tuesday in hopes of quelling fears about a looming financial dilemma. The officials spoke before the County Council about the fact that the County Treasurer’s Office has fallen several months behind on required financial reports. Without filing the monthly documents, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:39 — 8.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAs Americans prepare for the onset of the Affordable Care Act next year, the medical device industry in Indiana is still pushing for a repeal of a tax that was passed along with the Act in 2009. The medical device industry is one of the largest employers …