Sheila Montney

The City of Bloomington’s proposal to place higher fees on massage establishments and adult-oriented businesses as a way to suppress human trafficking is on hold, at least for two weeks.

The city will complete several projects, including replacing lead lines and some water mains, and upgrading the city’s filtration plant. Also at Tuesday's meeting, the city declined to extend a tax rebate for Green Top Grocery co-op.

The city has implemented temporary water filtration improvement, using a repurposed liquid lime feeding system. A new powder-activated carbon system will take about a year to arrive.

As new proposals to ease the Bloomington-Normal housing shortage move forward this spring and summer, city and town council members will weigh in on what they think. There’s already diversity of thought among council members on the issue.

Police say the Automatic License Plate Reader program has been successful in aiding criminal investigations over the first two years of BPD use.

The city council rejected increasing the levy that would have contributed millions to fire and police pensions. Funding for both will be drawn from other sources.

Bloomington City Council members voted unanimously Monday to approve the streetscape plan for improving downtown Bloomington that has been in the works for the better part of two years.

The valuation of properties and community growth may result in Bloomington's property tax rate going down, according to City Manager Tim Gleason.

Jenn Carrillo was censured Monday by her fellow Bloomington City Council members over her public pledge to make “life a living hell” for two recently…

It appears several newcomers will soon join the Bloomington City Council, while the progressive People First Coalition was shut out in its three council…