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Bloomington City Council will prohibit local pet stores selling of dogs, cats

By Sean Gilley · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2021 9:56 p.m.

Two local pet stores have until Jan. 1, 2023, to adjust to this change.

Bloomington City Council poised to stop dog, cat sales in pet shops

By Sean Gilley · Wednesday, Nov. 17,2021 11:40 p.m.

Two local pet stores would be affected by the proposed change.

IU history professor chaperones Civil Rights tour with students from IU, Serbia

By Meghana Rachamadugu · Sunday, Nov. 7,2021 5:32 p.m.

IU students will go on the same route as the Freedom Riders in 1961.

IU experts, students in Scotland for COP26 to fight climate change

By Emma Herwehe · Wednesday, Nov. 3,2021 4:51 p.m.

Members of the IU community are at the world’s biggest conference on climate change.

Monroe County Council member Eric Spoonmore to resign at end of month

By David Wolfe Bender · Monday, Nov. 1,2021 4:08 p.m.

He was named the President and CEO of the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce.

City council approves 2022 budget after months of deliberation

By Sean Gilley · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2021 9:53 p.m.

BPD officer salaries will be finalized in collective bargaining agreements over the next few weeks.

City council approves Wheeler Mission property rezoning

By Sean Gilley · Wednesday, Oct. 20,2021 11:29 p.m.

The Department of Economic and Sustainable Development gaves updates regarding city climate action.

Trustee files lawsuit against City of Bloomington for homelessness records

Wednesday, Oct. 20,2021 4:43 p.m.

A Perry Township Trustee has not received the requested records after several attempts.

City council places limits on meeting times, introduces zoning amendment

By Sean Gilley · Thursday, Oct. 7,2021 12:27 a.m.

Councilmembers agreed continuing meetings past midnight do more harm than good.

Mayor John Hamilton says census count inaccurate, could have ‘millions of dollars in impact’

By Sean Gilley · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2021 4:42 p.m.

The U.S. Census Bureau reports 2020 Bloomington population is roughly 6,500 lower than initial estimates.

Bloomington City Council inches closer to agreement on police, fire salary increases

By Sean Gilley · Thursday, Sept. 30,2021 1:24 a.m.

Council members continued debating police salaries, hiring and retention issues.

Bloomington City Council annexes remaining seven areas, omitting area 7

By Sean Gilley · Thursday, Sept. 23,2021 1:52 a.m.

The city council finished annexation deliberation Wednesday night.

Five Monroe County organizations to offer in-person voter registration drives Sept. 28

By David Wolfe Bender · Thursday, Sept. 23,2021 1:49 a.m.

National Voter Registration Day is Sept. 28.

Indiana Democratic Rep. Matt Pierce criticizes Republican-drawn congressional maps

By David Wolfe Bender · Monday, Sept. 20,2021 5:15 p.m.

The map was recently adopted by a committee in the Indiana House of Representatives.

City of Bloomington to rename Jordan Avenue after important African American family

By Cameron Garber · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2021 5:53 p.m.

The street will be called Eagleson Avenue beginning Feb. 1, 2022.

The Indiana General Assembly announced proposed U.S. House and Indiana State House districts for the next decade on Sept. 14, 2021. Bloomington and Monroe County would remain in IN-9 under the proposed map.

Indiana Republicans announce U.S. House redistricting drafts, Monroe County stays in IN-9

By Colin Kulpa · Tuesday, Sept. 14,2021 1:10 p.m.

Indiana’s 9th District now does not include Morgan County and shifts to include southeastern Indiana.

OPINION: Senator Mike Braun’s comments regarding refugee resettlement in Indiana are unjustified

By Russ Hensley · Monday, Sept. 13,2021 8:41 p.m.

Senator Mike Braun mischaracterized Afghan refugees as they arrived in Indiana.

IU students express concern, anger after the Texas abortion law passes

By Emma Herwehe · Monday, Sept. 13,2021 7:50 p.m.

Students at IU are frustrated with the recent changes in Texas’s abortion law.

Federal appeals court denies IU’s request to dismiss vaccine mandate lawsuit

By Cameron Garber · Monday, Sept. 13,2021 4:52 p.m.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case against IU’s vaccine mandate.

The Bloomington City Council has started the budget process. Here’s where we are.

By Sean Gilley · Monday, Aug. 30,2021 10:07 p.m.

City council members review another ‘rainy day’ budget proposal for a second year in a row.

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