The move could save money by keeping some common types of lawsuits out of the Monroe County court system.
Stoops has been a vocal opponent of I-69, and voted against the highway earlier this year as a member of the Bloomington MPO.
County Clerk Linda Robbins says around 4,000 Monroe County residents participated in early voting this year.
Three options for the interchange between I-69 and SR 37 are now available for the public to view and comment on.
Indiana is redistributing millions of dollars that were leftover from the money set aside for school vouchers.
Yellow cards that contain polling information are not required to cast a ballot.
Monroe County celebrated the completion of its project to install solar panels on the Showers Building where the county's government offices are housed.
Griffy Lake in Monroe County and Salt Creek in Brown County will benefit from the grants.
Officials from INDOT broke ground on the section of Interstate 69 that will connect NSA-Crane with Monroe County just south of Bloomington.
The cuts saved $878,715 from a budget that was $800,000 in the red.