Undercover underage decoys bought alcohol from three establishments during a September sting, prompting complaints with the city's liquor commission.
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Do you trust local businesses to consistently refuse alcohol sales to minors?
Bloomington news covers city government, Monroe County, Monroe County Community School Corporation and civic life in the home of Indiana University Bloomington. Reporting reaches neighborhoods and surrounding counties.
Indiana improved to 2-0 with a lopsided win over Bellarmine at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington.
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Should your city spend heavily on new fire department facilities?
The new facility is the fourth project in a $34 million public safety investment plan created by the City Council in 2022.
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Do you think internet access and digital skills in your area are improving?
Bloomington will mail a digital opportunity survey to 6,000 randomly selected households to update its strategic plan.
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Should your city ban artificial superintelligence until safety rules are proven?
A proposed city ordinance would prohibit the distribution and deployment of artificial superintelligence within Bloomington's limits.
After a weekend shooting on Kirkwood Avenue, the mayor says Indiana's preemption law blocks local firearm restrictions at public gatherings.
Coverage takes in Bloomington city hall and the Monroe County council, Monroe County Community School Corporation and Indiana University alongside the education, health care and arts employers that shape the local economy. From Elm Heights and Hyde Park to Prospect Hill, Bryan Park and Park Ridge, neighborhood reporting extends through the city and into Owen County and Greene County where a story crosses the line. Indiana University's enrollment, research funding and athletics program shape housing demand, retail patterns and civic identity in ways that make university decisions a consistent thread in local news. Affordable housing for non-university residents and the management of short-term rental properties near campus are the local government subjects that have generated the most sustained debate in recent years.
