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Bloomington City Council postpones vote on new affordable housing, zoning regulations
17+ hour, 59+ min ago (324+ words) The Bloomington City Council delayed a vote on an ordinance that would impact affordable housing zoning until February. Bloomington City Council postpones vote on new affordable housing, zoning regulations The Bloomington City Council delayed a vote on an ordinance that…...
'RIP Toppers': Toppers Pizza in Bloomington closes permanently
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (221+ words) Toppers Pizza, located at 212 S. Indiana Ave., permanently closed after almost three years of business, according to the store's Facebook. A sign posted on the storefront door also stated the location ... 'RIP Toppers': Toppers Pizza in Bloomington closes permanently Toppers Pizza,…...
How Bloomington’s local radio stations are navigating federal funding cuts
4+ week, 14+ hour ago (1139+ words) After'Kade Young'received an email from'WFHB'Community Radio's'general manager announcing that two of his coworkers would be let go, he had to fight back tears.' For Young, the news director at WFHB'in Bloomington,'the layoffs'were'more than just a professional setback; it was'a…...
‘Symbolic rather than strategic’: Bloomington City Council debates new budget system
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (600+ words) The Bloomington City Council spent Wednesday's deliberation session trying to narrow down the long list of tangible goals that will guide the city's first full outcome-based budget in 2027 " but debate on whether the new system will work at all took…...
Kurt Ribisl to be next dean of the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (459+ words) Kurt Ribisl will be the next dean of the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, according to a news release Monday from the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor." He will begin March 1, 2026, assuming the role from interim dean…...
Severe weather patterns are changing. Bloomington residents are already feeling the impacts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (846+ words) On the evening of May 16, Bloomington schoolteacher Eve Cusack looked out her kitchen window and watched trees topple over in her yard. " "We had a row of white pine that have been there my entire life that fell like dominoes,…...
Indiana baseball pitching coach departs Bloomington, joins Washington Nationals
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (570+ words) Dustin Glant, who served as the associate head coach and pitching coach for Indiana baseball since 2022, has accepted a coaching position with the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball, ... Indiana baseball pitching coach departs Bloomington, joins Washington Nationals Dustin Glant,…...
Federal homelessness funding criteria are changing. What does this mean for Bloomington?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (666+ words) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awards more than $3.5 billion in grants each year to address homelessness. For the first time in over a decade, the criteria for funding are changing. " This could slash funding renewal protection for homelessness…...
City Council introduces proposed parcel annexation west of Bloomington
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (556+ words) The Bloomington City Council introduced a proposal at a meeting Wednesday by approving a fiscal plan required to annex a parcel of land just outside city boundaries." The 0.39-acre parcel at 2005 W. Cory Drive is the subject of a proposed voluntary…...
‘No Contract, No Coffee’: Bloomington Starbucks workers join national strike
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (747+ words) The Starbucks on Indiana Avenue closed for most of the day Friday as workers joined a nationwide strike protesting the lack of contract and wage negotiations between Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol and labor union Starbucks Workers United. " Barista and union…...