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Bill Levin talks about how the candles represent the seven focus areas as a member of the First Church of Cannabis, Roo Gelarden, lights the candles. The candles represent the following: live, love, laugh, create, grow and teach.

A Higher Power

By Nyssa Kruse · Monday, Jan. 22,2018 12 a.m.

The church will try to prove members religiously believe marijuana is a sacrament.

Here's what you missed this week in the Indiana General Assembly

By Laurel Demkovich · Saturday, Jan. 20,2018 12 a.m.

Alcohol sales, eyeball tattoos and baby boxes were all topics of discussion.

The Bloomington City Council listened to a short presentation on parking expenses at the beginning of their meeting. The Council met at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall.

Bloomington City Council approves master plan

By Lydia Gerike · Friday, Jan. 19,2018 11:30 a.m.

The council debated a final round of amendments before the vote.

Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, announced the Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act has been officially implemented in the Indiana National Guard. The legislation, pushed by Donnelly, seeks to prevent military suicide by requiring all service members, including guard, reserve and active duty, to have an annual mental health assessment.

Donnelly supports bill to protect veterans from predatory home lending

By IDS staff · Friday, Jan. 19,2018 4 a.m.

The bill would require lenders to demonstrate how borrowers would benefit from refinancing their loans.

Cold beer sales bill fails in Senate

By Laurel Demkovich · Thursday, Jan. 18,2018 8:30 a.m.

The Senate Public Policy committee voted down SB 26 on Wednesday afternoon.

Big Red Liquors, located on North College Avenue, can't sell alcohol on Sundays due to the Indiana law from 1853 preventing it from doing so. This could change though, as the Indiana Alcohol Code Revision Commission reviews alcohol-related laws, many of which have been in place since Prohibition.

House committee passes bill allowing carryout alcohol sales on Sundays

By IDS staff · Thursday, Jan. 18,2018 2 a.m.

The bill will now head to the full House for a vote.

Indiana residents attend rally to urge passage of hate crime law

By Laurel Demkovich · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2018 4 a.m.

Indiana remains one of five states without a hate crime law.

Campus, city leaders say MLK day is reframed by current political climate

By Caroline Anders · Tuesday, Jan. 16,2018 5 a.m.

IDS spoke to several campus and city leaders about the significance of MLK Day to the community.

With support from grassroots organizations, lawmakers work to reform redistricting laws

By Laurel Demkovich · Tuesday, Jan. 16,2018 12:09 a.m.

Redistricting reform would work to stop partisan gerrymandering.

Republicans focus on beating Donnelly in November election

By Laurel Demkovich · Saturday, Jan. 13,2018 9:47 p.m.

All six Republican candidates came together Saturday for straw poll.

Congressmen Todd Rokita, R-4th District, and Luke Messer, R-6th District, deliver remarks at the state Republican party's Congress of Countries on Saturday. Neither of the two front-runners for the Republican nomination in Indiana's 2018 Senate primary disavowed President Trump's reported complaints about accepting immigrants from "shithole countries."

Senate candidates decline to disavow Trump's "shithole countries" remark

By Jesse Naranjo · Saturday, Jan. 13,2018 9:13 p.m.

The two congressmen avoided criticizing the president's disparaging remarks about African, Caribbean and Central American nations.

President Trump looks on after signing an executive order on "Supporting our Veterans during their Transition from Uniformed Service to Civilian Life" on Jan. 9. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will appear at a rally Thursday night in Elkhart, Indiana.

Trump complains about allowing immigrants from 'shithole' countries

By Tribune News Service · Saturday, Jan. 13,2018 7:13 p.m.

Trump's statement was met with quick condemnation.

Rep. Luke Messer, R-6th District, hugs Barb Hackman, Bartholomew County Republican Party chair, after winning a Congress of Counties U.S. Senate Republican straw poll by 65 votes on Saturday. Runner-up Rep. Todd Rokita, R-4th District, received 82.

Messer wins GOP straw poll, Rokita runner-up

By IDS staff · Saturday, Jan. 13,2018 2:05 p.m.

Attendees voted for who they would most likely support in the primary.

The members of the Indiana General Assembly stand up and cheer as Gov. Eric Holcomb finishes his State of the State speech. Holcomb's thirty-minute speech introduced his goals for the state this year.

ICYMI: Top five takeaways from Gov. Holcomb’s State of the State

By Laurel Demkovich · Thursday, Jan. 11,2018 12 a.m.

Holcomb's speech focused on workforce development and the opioid crisis.

President Trump listens during a meeting with legislators on immigration reform in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Jan. 9, in Washington, D.C.

As government shutdown deadline approaches, Congress debates compromise on immigration

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2018 6:08 a.m.

The president demands border wall funding, but some legislators want to provide a legislative replacement to DACA.

Gov. Eric Holcomb gives his State of the State speech Tuesday at the Indiana statehouse. Holcomb addressed topics such as drug abuse, education and infant mortality rates, and how Indiana citizens can help these issues improve in Indiana.

Holcomb addresses workforce development, opioid crisis at annual State of the State

By Laurel Demkovich · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2018 9:18 p.m.

Holcomb emphasized investigating Department of Child Services after claims that budget cuts are hurting children.

Moira Kehoe, an IU freshman, holds a sign during the Women's March on Jan. 20, 2017, in Indianapolis. There will be an anniversary march focused on voter registration Jan. 20 at the American Legion Mall in Indianapolis.

Women's March on Washington - Indiana to host commemoration of last year's Washington demonstration

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2018 3 a.m.

The event will focus on voter registration in preparation for the 2018 elections.

This deer visits the backyard of a resident in a Bloomington neighborhood. This year, there were 62 deer killed in the deer culling, defined as the reduction of a population of (a wild animal) by selective slaughter, in Monroe County.

Cull of the wild

By Jordan Guskey · Monday, Jan. 8,2018 12:55 a.m.

The Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department announced Thursday the deer cull has ended.

What to expect in Indiana legislature's upcoming session

By Laurel Demkovich · Friday, Jan. 5,2018 7 a.m.

In the short session, legislators are expected to focus more on social issues.

New trucks with old engines may be able to dodge emissions regulations

By Christine Fernando · Monday, Dec. 11,2017 3 a.m.

An EPA proposal may mean glider vehicles won’t have to meet the same regulations.

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