In an effort to save the environment - and a little bit of green - Monroe County council members have voted to establish a fund intended to reduce the amount of paper generated by county departments. WFIU’s Regan McCarthy reports.
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Monroe County still owes about 27-thousand dollars on two grants the Youth Services Bureau received but then overspent. WFIU’s Regan McCarthy reports.
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Monroe County council members granted Printpack a 10-year tax abatement Tuesday to relocate from their current site in Bloomington to the county. WFIU's Regan McCarthy has more.
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Just a week ago the one-one-hundredth of a percent increase in the Monroe County Juvenile COIT began taking a tiny sliver from pay checks in the county. Officials raised the levy in an effort to support the Youth Services Bureau, but in the mean time faced budget cuts. But changes to property tax laws recently led to an unexpected windfall.
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As the Monroe County Council has prepared for budget hearings, one member has often served as both a participant in the discussions and a distraction to them.
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A delay this week by the Monroe County Council means county employees will have to wait another month to know whether they're being pink-slipped in this year's budget cuts.
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A special prosecutor has ruled Monroe County Auditor Sandy Newman was “grossly negligent” when she appropriated county funds without the approval of the county council. WFIU’s Daniel Robison has more.
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The council voted to raise the tax to one dollar and four cents for each 100 dollars of taxable income. The current rate is one dollar for every 100 dollars.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
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