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Sunday night was the 12th and likely final week in a row for a protest at Sample Gates in Bloomington, against Indiana University’s new “expressive activities” policy, which was effective Aug. 1. Sample Gates is the spot where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at the western edge of the Bloomington campus. On the university campus, during the 7 ...
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Appearing on the Monday meeting agenda for Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) is a $1.2-million land deal in the Trades District, north of city hall.. Under the terms of the agreement, Alluinn IU Trades District Hotel, LLC would pay $1.2 million for the land—which are parcels included in the public offering that was made by the RDC in June 2023.
$370K for security in 2025 OK’d by Bloomington park …
1 day ago — On Tuesday, a $370,000 contract with Marshall Security, Inc (MSI) was approved by Bloomington’s board of park commissioners at its regular monthly meeting.. Based on payments recorded in Bloomington’s online financial system, from 2021 through mid-November 2024, the city of Bloomington has paid $950,019 to MSI for security in the city’s parks.
Local Government – The B Square
Oct 21, 2024 — A Friday evening email from Monroe County election supervisor Kylie Farris delivered the daily totals for the first week of early in-person voting in Monroe County for the Nov. 5, 2024 election. Those daily totals added up to 4,249 ballots cast over four days, starting Tuesday (Oct. 8). Based on B Square reporting from 2020, the total of early ...
Bloomington school schedule decision: MCCSC board takes …
Oct 25, 2023 — I think the proposed unified schedule does not address equity issues. The mere claim that “those who are ‘economically disadvantaged’ are impacted by a school’s schedule might imply an underlying segregation issue.
City Council – The B Square
Sep 6, 2024 — On Wednesday, two weeks after Bloomington officials cleared a homeless encampment south of town, some of the residents who lived there addressed a meeting of the city council, which was also attended by the mayor.. At least a dozen people, who either lived in a displaced encampment, or were there to advocate on behalf of the residents, sat in council chambers through the first part of the ...
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Bloomington – The B Square
Oct 24, 2024 — At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s traffic commission was briefed on the city’s draft Safe Streets and Roads for All Safety Action Plan.. The document describes “programs, policies, and projects that aim to eliminate serious
A look ahead to 2022: Bloomington area local government stories
Jan 1, 2022 — North Walnut Street Lamp on Christmas Eve. Last year’s lead art for The B Square’s look ahead to 2021 featured this caption: “These numerals began life as a photograph of the sidewalk around the courthouse square in downtown Bloomington, where the crows like to crap. It was that kind of year.” Arguably a worse year was 2021. So this year’s art includes an actual crow and a built-in ...
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Over the last two months, revenue for the B Square Beacon is up about 20 percent. The number of “paid subscribers” is up by the same amount. At last count, 108 patrons have pledged a total of $856 a month to support The Square Beacon. It’s a solid number. But it won’t sustain one reporter, let alone the full newsroom of journalists that I think this community deserves.