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Monroe County jail notebook: Initial look at population profile

Of 247 people held in the Monroe County jail on July 14, 22 had been there more than a year, while the median stay was about ...
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Bloomington electric scooter ridership drops 82%, city prepares new licensing round

Bloomington scooter ridership fell 82% from 2019 to 2025, and the first half of 2026 saw an continued declining trend. Even ...
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CIB selects Dora for Bloomington Convention Center hotel, declines delay for potential land-swap

Dora Hospitality won unanimous CIB approval Wednesday to build a 200-room convention center host hotel on the Seminary Pointe ...
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7th Street & College Avenue

Graffiti that says “NO NEW JAIL NO OLD JAIL” with a capital A inside a circle, which is a symbol associated with anarchism.
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Monroe County OKs $82K Scientia tax abatement tied to 30 new jobs

Monroe County councilors gave final 7–0 approval to a 10-year, $82,000 real-property tax abatement for defense contractor ...
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July 16, 2026: Host hotel; Scientia tax break; North Dunn subdivision; jail plan; parking rate overhaul

This morning's edition includes reports on Dora Hospitality's as the convention-center hotelier, Scientia's tax abatement, a ...
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Jail-capacity figure struck from resolution by Monroe County commissioners

Monroe County commissioners ratified a resolution declaring a jail-overcrowding emergency after removing the sheriff’s ...
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A time capsule in steel words: The story of (C)olumn

Installed in 2015 at 2nd and Walnut streets, Bloomington’s (C)olumn sculpture turns nearly 300 community-supplied words into ...
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Feb. 5 meeting to review Dora ‘south option’ convention center hotel; mayor’s news release leaves CIB head ‘baffled’

The Monroe County CIB will hold a special meeting Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. to consider Dora Hospitality’s proposal to build a 200-room hotel on city-owned parcels south of the existing convention center. CIB ...