The Monroe County Election Board reviewed 260 provisional ballots in a four-hour meeting, last Friday. Most ballots were rejected. began the meeting by explaining the reasons voters were giving provisional ballots. First, if they did not have proper identification or were attempting to vote in the wrong precinct. The majority of the ballots rejected by …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has written an opinion piece, calling for civility and unity in politics, and in day to day life; Top Republican legislative leaders say they don’t expect lawmakers will take any action toward removing Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill from office; Indiana lawmakers and businesses are pushing for an increase in …

Indiana has released accountability grades for schools within the state, but more than half of the schools within the Monroe County Community School Corporation don’t yet have grades; Indiana is reporting the first death of a resident, due to influenza this year; An ice storm that hit parts of Indiana created hazardous roads conditions that contributed …

Bloomington’s Sofra Cafe was closed last week by the Indiana Department of Revenue for 18 thousand dollars in unpaid taxes. The Turkish restaurant, located at 340 S. Walnut St., is owned and operated by Naciye and Mehmet Akgun, a married couple. Mehmet says they’re waiting to hear back from the state on how much they …

Last week, Indiana voters ratified a change in the state’s constitution. That change requires the state’s General Assembly to only pass balanced budgets; Indiana’s homeless face potentially life-threatening temperature drops which come at a time when area shelters are in the most need of volunteers and donations; Indiana residents support the legalization of marijuana, according to …

Last week, Indiana voters ratified a change in the state’s constitution. The change requires the state’s General Assembly to only pass balanced budgets. This midterm election, residents voted yes on Indiana Public Question #1 to alter the State Constitution. The statehouse revises the state’s budget every two years after the general election takes place. This …

Officials in a northwestern Indiana county released election results, on Friday, some three days after Tuesday’s midterm election; Indiana House Republicans will hang onto their super-majority in the state’s legislature; Indiana Senator Todd Young is campaigning to lead the National Senate Republicans’ Campaign, in 2020; A proposal to expand Meadowwood retirement community is getting a less than positive …

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital today, after falling and fracturing three ribs; Progressive organizations are calling on supporters to turn out in the streets, this afternoon; On Tuesday, voters in Indiana elected the state’s first openly gay legislator; Several mistakes on Tuesday, in northwestern Indiana’s Porter County, mean the state won’t …

Two days after the midterm election, and no votes have officially been counted  in northwestern Indiana’s Porter County. Commissioners in Porter County asked the FBI on Wednesday to investigate, QUOTE, “scores of alleged violations of Indiana Election Law,” UNQUOTE, following Tuesday’s midterm election. The county, which has 132 precincts in a predominantly Democratic area of …

Indiana was the scene of major Republican wins last night; Ballot counting is still underway in Northwest Indiana’s Porter County; Full Election returns are in for Monroe County – Democrats have unsurprisingly largely swept races; The Bloomington Plan Commission is voicing initial support for a large, mixed use development at Pete Ellis Drive and Longview; FEATURE Polling sites …