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(05/20/22 4:41pm)
Special Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Leerkamp made a motion to dismiss all charges regarding a racist confrontation in 2020 at Lake Monroe between Sean Purdy, Jerry Cox and Vauhxx Booker, according to a case file released May 18.
(05/18/22 6:38pm)
The City of Bloomington Department of Housing and Neighborhood Development and the Housing and Eviction Prevention Project will host a Tenant Resource Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m on May 21, according to a press release. The fair will be held in room 115 of the City Hall Council Chambers.
(05/17/22 12:47am)
Paris-based infrastructure company Meridiam will invest $50 million to bring high-speed internet access to Bloomington residents, following up on a letter of intent to aid Bloomington with the program, according to a May 13 press release. The plan would reach at least 85% of residents.
(05/10/22 4:17pm)
The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers voted to suspend their strike for the summer and to submit grades for Spring 2022 classes on May 9, according to a press release. The IGWC-UE said they are preparing for a more disruptive strike in the fall.
(05/10/22 2:03am)
Faculty members voted to assert that no student would be fired for striking or failing to submit grades in a special meeting of the Bloomington Faculty Council May 9. Of the 732 faculty members in attendance, 632 voted yes on the resolution, according to the Bloomington Faculty Council Executive Committee.
(05/05/22 2:52am)
The Bloomington City Council voted to raise the local income tax by 0.69% at its meeting Wednesday, a reduction from the initial proposal of a 0.855% increase.
(05/04/22 10:24pm)
Two weeks away from the deadline for grades, IU faculty gathered April 26 to consider a potential vote of no confidence for Provost Rahul Shrivastav in response to the administration’s response to the graduate worker strike.
(05/02/22 6:28pm)
President Pamela Whitten appointed Julie Payne-Kirchmeier to be vice president for student success beginning Aug. 1, according to News at IU. She was selected through a national search with input from multiple IU campuses, including students.
(04/28/22 9:49pm)
Bloom Burger, a food truck featuring elements of ‘50s nostalgia with hamburger and fries options inspired by foods from immigrant communities, had its grand opening April 21 at the Primetime Business Expo.
(04/26/22 8:25pm)
Online misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is associated with low vaccination rates in parts of the U.S., according to a paper published April 26 by IU’s Observatory on Social Media researchers and the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy.
(04/24/22 9:05pm)
IU Health gifted $416 million to the IU School of Medicine after reporting an excess of revenue of more than $1 billion in previous years, according to The Associated Press. IU Health holds more than $9 billion in cash and investments.
(04/20/22 8:46pm)
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled on March 30 the U.S. Forest Service’s proposal to burn and cut down trees in the Hoosier National Forest poses pollution risks for the Lake Monroe watershed.
(04/19/22 9:37pm)
Effective immediately, masks will no longer be federally mandated on public transportation and in public transportation hubs across the country, according to a press release from Bloomington Transit.
(04/13/22 3:00pm)
Severe thunderstorms are predicted from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday night. The entire state of Indiana is expected to get thunderstorms, but the more serious weather is predicted to affect most of the central and southwest parts of the state. Hail, wind, tornadoes and flooding are all possible, but high speed winds and tornadoes are most likely, according to the National Weather Service.
(04/11/22 8:42pm)
Idalene Kesner announced April 8 she will step down as the dean of the IU Kelley School of Business and return to teaching effective July 31.
(04/05/22 8:57pm)
President Joe Biden intends to extend the pause on federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, according to The Associated Press. The announcement marks the fifth extension of the payment moratorium since it first began in March 2020.
(04/04/22 7:59pm)
IU is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with in-person events throughout April for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
(03/31/22 7:07pm)
Nearly 25,000 miles of Indiana rivers and streams are too polluted to be safe for swimming or fishing, according to a report released by the Environmental Integrity Project on March 17. In the report, Indiana ranked first for the most miles of impaired waterways and 11th for the highest percentage of impaired waters assessed.
(03/22/22 8:54pm)
The City of Bloomington Utilities shut off water and issued a precautionary boil water advisory for 13 addresses Tuesday. Crews were sent to a broken water main at the intersection of East Southdowns Drive and East Circle Drive, according to a press release.
(03/09/22 10:32pm)
The McKinney Midwest Climate Project is a student fellowship program at IU pairing undergraduate and graduate students with various cities, businesses and nonprofits.