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WEBAug 15, 2020 · At 8 a.m. sharp on Tuesday, county clerk Nicole Browne opened the door at the election operations center at 3rd and Walnut streets in downtown Bloomington and proclaimed: “Hear ye, hear ye, the polls are now open!”. Poll-opening audio: Oct. 8, 2024. The announcement is not just for fun.
Early voting notebook: Monroe County turnout so far in 2024 …
WEB11 hours ago · To match the 2020 early in-person total of 22,953, the daily totals over the next three weeks (18 days) of early voting would need to average around 1,038. In addition to the 22,953 people who voted early in person in 2020, another 14,800 voted by mailed-in absentee ballot. So, in Monroe County, about 60 percent of the 63,624 people who voted ...
Monroe County board rejects contract for display of election night ...
WEB1 day ago · Recent Items. Monroe County board rejects contract for display of election night results on 2–1 vote October 11, 2024; Convention center expansion update: Favored hotelier named, project cost dialed in at $71M, Bloomington budget challenge rejected October 10, 2024; Monroe County commissioners again say no to clerk for election results display contract, tussle transferred to election board ...
Convention center expansion update: Favored hotelier named, …
WEB2 days ago · Recent Items. Convention center expansion update: Favored hotelier named, project cost dialed in at $71M, Bloomington budget challenge rejected October 10, 2024; Monroe County commissioners again say no to clerk for election results display contract, tussle transferred to election board’s Thursday meeting October 9, 2024; New jail tax rate is 0.17%, will take effect for all Monroe County ...
Monroe County - The B Square
WEB5 days ago · Starting in 2025, Monroe County residents will pay a local income tax rate that is 0.105 points higher than the current rate. A rate of 0.105, when applied to a taxable income of $20,000 per year, works out to an extra $21 a year.
Monroe County clerk plans to sign accord for election results …
WEBOct 4, 2024 · Tensions have mounted around the way that Monroe County will report local Nov. 5 election results to the public on election night. But the numbers that actually matter will be reported to Indiana’s official election system the same way as before—by hand-typing numbers into a form that is hosted on a state-run server.
Bloomington - The B Square
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Sample Gates, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (Sept. 22, 2024) Just after 11 p.m. at Indiana University’s Sample Gates in Bloomington on Sunday night was the fifth week in a row that a protest was held against IU’s new “expressive activities” policy. It’s the spot where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at the western edge of the Bloomington campus.
Bloomington - The B Square
WEBJun 25, 2021 · A special meeting is set this Wednesday (Oct. 9) for Bloomington’s city council to adopt the 2025 budget. The meeting could include an extra wrinkle, based on a petition that has been filed by Bloomington resident Joe Davis, and nine others.. The petitioners object to the 2025 budget, asking that “no monies be appropriated for the expansion of the Monroe County Convention Center, at this ...
City Council – The B Square
WEBSep 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 ...
Annexation update: Bloomington mayor, city council to hold …
WEBAug 10, 2024 · Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson has called a closed-door meeting with the city council for next Wednesday evening (Aug 14), to brief councilmembers on the city’s pending annexation litigation. Under state law, the discussion of pending litigation is one of several reasons why a public agency can hold a meeting that is not open to the…
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