Bloomington City Council votes to extend Urban Enterprise Zone
City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday to extend the Urban Enterprise Zone for an additional five years.
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City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday to extend the Urban Enterprise Zone for an additional five years.
IU faculty members and students are speaking out against IU President Pamela Whitten’s new statement on the Israel-Hamas war for not expressing empathy for Palestinian suffering as well as for the tragedies in Israel.
IU President Pamela Whitten released a new statement Thursday addressing militant organization Hamas’s attack on Israel just two days after making an initial statement that was criticized for its ambiguity.
In 2011, Frank Crawford, an unhoused Bloomington resident, died. He was disabled, struggled to walk and was too sick to be living outside, Forrest Gilmore, the executive director of antipoverty nonprofit Beacon, said. He rotated between nursing care and the streets, beginning the cycle each time he would become too sick for the streets and too healthy for the nursing home. He was released from nursing care for the last time two weeks prior to his death.
Sydney Zulich, a 20-year-old IU alumna and budding politician, is on the verge of making history.
IU settled a lawsuit in September involving the arrest of an IU graduate student after he did not pay a $3 parking fee. In a statement Wednesday, IU said IUPD policies were violated during the incident and former Chief Jill Lees did not follow mandatory review protocols following the arrest.
Lawrence County special judge Nathan Nikirk announced that the trial for the Bloomington annexation case will not proceed as scheduled in November, as requested by remonstrators opposing the annexation in areas 1A and 1B.
David Wolfe Bender, an IU student and the former Democratic nominee for the Bloomington City Council’s sixth district, withdrew from the race Thursday.
The Monroe County Election Board referred the case of David Wolfe Bender, an IU student and Democratic nominee for city council, to Monroe County Prosecutor Erika Oliphant and Attorney General Todd Rokita on Thursday, concluding the board's months-long investigation into Bender's residency.
A car crashed into the UPS store at 885 S. College Mall Road Tuesday, marking the third time in two years that a car has crashed into the building. The car was a 2018 Honda Fit and was driven by a 66-year-old woman, according to the Herald-Times.
Editor’s Note: This story includes mention of sexual assault. Resources are available here E. Jean Carroll, a journalist and advice columnist who was once an IU student, won $5 million Tuesday in her defamation case against former president Donald Trump. The case stems from Trump’s comments calling Carroll a “hoax” and a “con job” after she published in New York Magazine that Trump allegedly raped her in the dressing room of a department store.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick, who announced the launch of her campaign Thursday morning, walked into the back of Switchyard Brewing Company on Thursday night to the cheers and chants of supporters. Among the sea of blue and gold “Jennifer McCormick for Governor” signs were Democratic nominees for mayor and City Council District 5 representative — Kerry Thomson and Shruti Rana — as well as members of College Democrats at IU and the Monroe County Democratic Party.
In the wake of an election that ousted three incumbent councilmembers --- Ron Smith, Stephen Volan and Sue Sgambelluri --- the Bloomington City Council met Wednesday to create a joint Human Rights Commission and wrapped up in a little over an hour. The council postponed an ordinance regarding the Traffic Calming and Greenways Program for the second time.
A competitive local primary election season concluded with several unseated incumbents, meaning the Bloomington City Council may look drastically different next January. All Democratic candidates are currently unopposed except for Hopi Stosberg, who will face Republican Brett Heinisch in November. Republican, Libertarian or Independent candidates can file to run for the general election by the summer.
Kerry Thomson emerged victorious in the three-way Democratic primary race for Bloomington mayor Tuesday. Thomson is currently unopposed and will take office in January if no challenger files to run against her by this summer.
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Primary Election Day is Tuesday, allowing voters a final chance to select the Democratic party nominees for Bloomington mayor, city clerk and city council.
When a day of relaxation became a nightmare, IU sophomore Siddhant Shah left his boat and dove into rough waters to save his friends. Although multiple people were saved, Siddhant, along with Aryan Vaidya, never emerged from the surface of the water alive. Friends and family say Siddhant will forever be remembered as a hero.
MARTINSVILLE—The battle over public-school curriculum has returned to Martinsville after administrators across the state were secretly filmed while discussing their hesitance to use certain phrases to describe curriculum, such as critical race theory and social-emotional learning.
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners suspended meetings for the Community Justice Response Committee at a work session Wednesday, citing a lack of progress due to conflicting priorities and perspectives.