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GALLERY: Teachers descend on the Indiana Statehouse to protest for #RedForEd day

Public school teachers protest at Indiana State Capitol

By Kyra Miller · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2019 9:05 p.m.

Protestors were lined around the building at every door waiting to get in.

Chair of Indiana Democratic Party John Zody announces state Senate run

By Sara Kress · Sunday, Nov. 17,2019 4:49 p.m.

Zody announced his run for office after state Sen. Mark Stoops, D-40, decided not to seek reelection.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent, left, and William B. Taylor, right, swear in to the House Intelligence Committee's first public inquiry into the interaction between President Donald Trump and the government of Ukraine on Nov. 13 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

New impeachment evidence more directly links Trump to effort to pressure Ukraine

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Nov. 14,2019 9:08 p.m.

Two U.S. diplomats testified Wednesday as part of the House's public impeachment hearings.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to deliver 2019 IU winter commencement address

By Jessica Prucha · Friday, Nov. 8,2019 8:01 p.m.

The governor will speak at the ceremony Dec. 12 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

United States diplomat to Ukraine, William Taylor, arrived at the Capitol on Oct. 22 in Washington, D.C. Taylor's testimony comes as a growing number of Republicans in Congress struggle to defend the president's actions over Ukraine and Syria.

Top Ukraine diplomat Taylor threatened to quit over Trump demand, transcript shows

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Nov. 7,2019 10:51 p.m.

House Democrats released a transcript of Taylor's closed-door deposition Wednesday.

President Donald Trump arrives Nov. 6 to deliver remarks on Federal Judicial Confirmation Milestones in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. Trump organized the event to celebrate the confirmation of more than 150 Federal judges.

Poll: 1 in 4 Americans undecided about impeachment

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Nov. 7,2019 10:35 p.m.

The USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll also asked participants about the 2020 election.

Sue Sgambelluri, Ron Smith win Bloomington City Council elections

By Lydia Gerike · Tuesday, Nov. 5,2019 11:59 p.m.

The District 2 and District 3 winners are both Democrats.

Here’s your guide to this week’s Bloomington City Council elections

By Lydia Gerike · Sunday, Nov. 3,2019 7:13 p.m.

The Bloomington election will be for city council Districts 2 and 3.

Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted Wednesday that the platform will ban all political ads.

Twitter bans all political ads, in sharp contrast to Facebook

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Oct. 31,2019 2:50 p.m.

Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced the change Wednesday.

Independent council candidate won’t be denounced, Monroe County Democrats say

By Lydia Gerike · Monday, Oct. 7,2019 9:43 p.m.

Marty Spechler currently serves Bloomington Township as an elected Democrat.

Purple Shirt Brigade protests Schooner Creek Farm for second time at Saturday market

By Lydia Gerike · Sunday, Sept. 29,2019 11:19 a.m.

Sarah Dye watched the protesters behind the Schooner Creek Farm stand.

Schooner Creek Farm owner Sarah Dye criticizes farmers market protests Thursday

By Lydia Gerike · Friday, Sept. 27,2019 9:55 a.m.

The meeting was put on by the Grassroots Conservatives.

Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day. Here’s how you can register at IU.

By Lydia Gerike · Tuesday, Sept. 24,2019 4:27 p.m.

This year's election is Nov. 5.

City council votes on sewage rate increases and waiving connection fees

By Claire Peters · Wednesday, Sept. 11,2019 10:23 p.m.

The costs for sewage are being raised both inside and outside city limits.

IU encourages students to register to vote before October deadline

By Grace Ybarra · Monday, Sept. 9,2019 5:54 p.m.

Voter registration ends Oct. 7 in Indiana.

March Against White Supremacy takes place Saturday down Kirkwood Avenue, B-Line Trail

By Lydia Gerike · Sunday, Sept. 8,2019 3:52 p.m.

The marchers sang in Showers Commons

Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of Democratic presidential race

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Aug. 29,2019 3:42 p.m.

Gillibrand failed to make the third round of the Democratic primary debates.

Posting someone's intimate images without consent now a crime in Indiana

By Avery Williams · Wednesday, Aug. 28,2019 8:04 p.m.

Indiana Senate bills 192 and 243 allow victims to sue and press criminal charges.

Bloomington United anti-hate rally draws differing opinions

By Lydia Gerike · Tuesday, Aug. 27,2019 11:12 p.m.

One man interrupted the rally because the rhetoric seemed anti-Trump.

Monroe County Democrats consider denouncing city council candidate after party switch

By Lydia Gerike · Tuesday, Aug. 27,2019 10:23 a.m.

The candidate, who is running as an independent, said he considers himself a Democrat.

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