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Goal of BPD and Social Support Team Is ‘To Help People’
The Police Social Support Services Team at the Bloomington Police Department has helped thousands of...
How Will Opioid Settlement Monies Be Spent — and Who Decides?
Bloomington and Monroe County have already received their first payments from the first opioid settlement,...
988 Mental Health Lifeline to Include System of Care
The increase in mental health issues has led to the creation of the 988 Suicide...
Preparation vs. Security in Preventing Mass Shootings
As a nation, mass shootings are “part of our social fabric,” writes Rebecca Hill. She...
What Happens When an Opioid Epidemic Collides with the COVID Pandemic?
For more than two decades, the opioid epidemic has raged on in small rural towns...
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Peaceful Protesters Outraged at Racist Attacks and Anti-Black Violence
On two consecutive days in downtown Bloomington, protestors expressed outrage at the racial aggression, profiling,...
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Bloomington 2019: ‘The Year of the Farmers’ Market Controversy’
Media coverage and discussions about the Bloomington Farmers’ Market have dismissed the voices of Bloomington’s...