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Director of National Drug Control Policy Michael Botticelli urged Congress to address $1.1 billion dollars of opioid and heroin abuse treatment funding President Barack Obama requested earlier this year.
As the holiday season approaches and parents are buying their children gifts, Bloomington firefighters will be receiving long-awaited overtime payments.
The homeless of Bloomington wander through the night, drawn by the warmth and food offered at First United Church the night of Nov. 8. They wait outside in steadily decreasing temperatures until three minutes after 9 p.m.
They were expecting a knockout, but what they got was another round in the ring.
As college students and Bloomington locals walk into or leave the bars on Kirkwood Avenue, they are asked for money. Homeless men and women and college students ask for donations, yet these two groups of people are treated differently.
The Bloomington Police Department is requesting a budget increase of $1,333,471 for a total of almost $14 million for the 2017 financial year. The budget represents more than a 10 percent increase since 2016 for BPD. A number of those costs are known from previous years, while others are new for 2017.
Teddy bears and cuckoo clocks line the walls of Gudrun Ferguson’s small living room, where the 73-year-old blonde-haired German immigrant says she spends most of her days alone, knitting blankets or working on crossword puzzles.
Police lights were flashing across the street from Peoples Park on Wednesday evening as students and locals met to discuss police discrimination toward the homeless population of the park.
Jo DiBenedetto heard another catcall, aimed at one of his female friends, coming from People’s Park. Then a barrage of blue and red lights illuminated DiBenedetto’s walk home from class. Later that night screaming from the park filtered into DiBenedetto’s room in his Kirkwood Avenue home.
In a push to create more productive careers for Hoosiers, technology companies are creating new jobs around the Indianapolis area.
New Hope is an emergency shelter that provides housing for about 90 days to family units — children and their legal guardians — with no restrictions on marital status, sexual orientation or religion.
The United States has $1.3 trillion of aggregate student debt, and the number continues to grow.
The City of Bloomington Commission on the Status of Children and Youth is seeking nominations for the second annual SWAGGER Awards. SWAGGER stands for Students Who Act Generously, Grow and Earn Respect
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller presented a $300,000 grant to Indiana Legal Services attorneys in the group’s Bloomington office Thursday, calling it the “first installment” in a series of grants intended to increase legal aid, debt counseling and foreclosure prevention.
Ryan Stacy likes to say while money isn’t everything, money is behind everything.
By Brian Gamache
Exports in Indiana declined in 2013 after a record high the previous year.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation plans to increase Indiana’s economic vibrancy by analyzing the economies of regional cities and applying similar strategies across Indiana.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Indiana Chamber of Commerce recently published the June update for its Vision for 2025 project. The Indiana Vision for 2025 started in 2012 with the objective of providing the state with a list of social and economic goals to achieve by 2025.This isn’t the Chamber’s first foray into a vision plan. At the start of the century, the group created a plan for 2010. Unsatisfied with the progress, the Chamber decided to create another plan, one intended to be far more comprehensive and ambitious. The Chamber of Commerce recruited 24 business leaders from across the state, and together, the two groups spent nearly two years crafting an outline and establishing the project’s mission, which reads: “Indiana will be a global leader in innovation and economic opportunity where enterprises and citizens prosper.” Cameron Carter, vice president of Economic Development and Federal Affairs at the Chamber, was appointed project manager.“We formed a task force, consulted issue experts and talked about what really drives prosperous economies like we have in Indiana,” Carter said. “The purpose of this project is essentially to increase the prosperity of Hoosiers across the board. That’s the reason we developed the plan.”The plan, which took a year and a half to create, is divided into four sections: outstanding talent, attractive business climate, superior infrastructure and dynamic and creative culture. Each section, or “driver,” contains several initiatives and highlights areas that need improvement. “We identified four key drivers and provided a list of goals for each driver,” Carter said. “Overall, these goals are ambitious.”In the June update, areas where the Chamber noticed setbacks and improvements are highlighted. Under the section devoted to the state’s business climate, there’s an addendum that notes the passing of the right-to-work statute by the Indiana Legislature in 2012, a primary goal of the project. The majority of goals in the Vision for 2025 aren’t political, like increasing college graduation rates or lowering obesity levels. But Carter said he has learned that any topic, no matter how nonpartisan it might seem, can fall victim to the politicization process. “We have seen topics get pretty political,” Carter said. “For example, local smoking ordinances and statewide smoking bans can generate some political discussions. There has been a lot of politicization concerning public education, as well.” Carter went on to note that politicization should be expected any time there is interaction with the policy-making process. “We are far less interested in politics at the Indiana Chamber of Commerce than we are good public policy,” he said. “The political arguments are the means to a given end, not the end itself.”The Vision for 2025 is a challenging project, and while some goals have already been met, there is still a significant amount of work left to be done, Carter said. “We’re making good progress and achievements, but challenges remain,” he said. “We purposefully put together a lot of stretch goals. Even if we fall short of one goal, it still works to Indiana’s advantage.”Russell Smith
Officers were called to the justice building at approximately 3:44 p.m. Thursday after learning someone had been going around town and dropping large sums of money.The money was found by civilians in several parts of Bloomington, especially the downtown area.Sightings occurred around Seventh Street and College Avenue, East Tenth Street and the northside bypass.The money reportedly caused traffic congestion.Many of the pedestrians who found the money turned it into bailiffs, police officers and the mayor’s office. The total sum of money dropped is currently unknown, though it is suspected that the total was somewhere in the thousands.A 49-year-old male came forward Friday morning after checking himself into the IU health hospital and claimed the money was his.He checked himself in to undergo a mental evaluation.The money is currently being retained for safekeeping at the Bloomington Police Department. If anyone founds a large sum of money lying in the streets, please report it to the local police department.At this time, this is a civil case, not a criminal case.Brian Seymour
