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Local government are scrambling to deal with the loss of state revenu as a result of the new property This is not our problem.

It is a problem we are facing, we are facing that is not of our to which we are rising.

Monroe County is projected to earn about $37 million less in revenue over the next th The floodwaters from heavy rains this month have receded.

Now, researchers are studying h extreme weather events affect th We're trying to tie this erosion back to its causes.

Is it related to increased flood Is it related to land use?

Scientists say the increased flo and hotter summers point to the of climate change, and the India Museum has an exhibit looking b the five years since the start o These storie and more right now on Indiana.

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Welcome to Indiana newsdesk I'm Lawmakers ended the 2025 sessio this morning by passing a new st that Republican say takes care of Indiana's prio and, Democrats argue, moves the backward.

Legislators were faced with a $ revenue shortfall in the new bud They filled it with a $2 per pa tax hike, major cuts to higher e and public health, and defundin like public broadcasting and tra House Speaker Todd Houston says makes important investments in key priorities including K through 12 education housing and public safety.

Property tax reform has been a p of Governor Braun's administration from day one of t General Assembly session.

But while homeowners and busines will see some relief, local governments are preparing for potential staff and service cut due to the loss of revenue from As our Donnie Bergu reports, city and county leaders hosted a panel discussion this w The potential consequences Senate Bill one limits the amount of property tax reven Indiana counties can receive.

Monroe County is projected to l $37 million over the next three That' according to the state's fiscal because the state legislator who supported SB one were two.

Cowardly.

And yes, I choose that wor purposefully to do their jobs.

Local governments are going to have to raise local income taxes to make up de We're not going to have a choice The projected revenu loss has led the county council to deny salary or staffing incre for some departments, and I think that's probabl the biggest risk here is the unc not knowing what's going to happ when it's going to happen, until we have more certainty we're going to pause any new job The city of Bloomingto will have to take a hard look at government services, whil a new local income tax is a poss It's unclear what form it would It's also unclear what social se would survive funding cuts.

We cannot do more with less.

I can tell you that my administ has been laser focused on, makin that we are runnin a really efficient government in that already struggles with affo housing and wage disparity.

It faces another problem that c worse if staff and services are Big concern for me which is a decrease of populatio happening right now in Monroe C for the first time in our histor We're losing population, particularly population of working age people that will income taxes for Indiana.

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I'm Donnie Burgess Thompson urged resident and community leaders to keep ta and to express idea on how to combat revenue loss.

Governo Mike Braun will have a full cont over Indiana University's board of trustees.

Under a last minute provision passed at the state House.

Braun can now remove trustees e by alumni and handpick their rep Currently, three out of nin IU trustees are selected by alum I'm joined now by Ethan Samwise for more about the changes to higher educatio enacted by the General Assembly.

Welcome to the show.

Hi, Joe.

So I'm hearing a lot of people talking about these change to the board of trustees in part For people who aren't familiar with the bo they basically run the universit They'r the ones who are making new poli and making decisions about the b So if the governor already appoi and why remove three?

Well, governor Mike Braun said that he was feeling dissatisfied with the wa that the university is being run but he didn't provide a whole lot of details.

I want to get on board there.

That is going to be maybe a little more rounded.

That's going to produce better r The thing is, elected trustee almost always vote with the majo So it's not clear to me that th whatever results Braun is referr It's really only one elected tru who's been a regular voice of di and that's Vivian Winston.

I think it's a loss to the alumn because thei their voice is not as represente whether or not their voice made an actual difference.

At least they had a voice.

There's three other changes.

When I say is even more signifi than the changes to the board, is a new review for all tenured to make sure they meet certain productivity guidelines or lose their jobs.

Basically, that group gets rid o most of Indiana's remaining tenure protections when the sta has proposed changes to tenure.

Last year, it appeared as a sep and there were weeks of debate.

By contrast, this change appear overnight in a conference commit There really wasn't any discussi And I say there's language in t about faculty governments as wel That's one of the most puzzling about this legislation, Joe.

It makes very specific change to faculty government that it's to imagine why anyone outsid the university would really care For one, it bans professors eme from service on the faculty coun Those are retired scholars who get to keep their titles, but I can't imagine why anyon in the state House would worry a The changes also stop faculty councils from passing n now on their actions are advisor It takes away a lot of the leve that professors used to have on All right Ethan, thanks so much for your r I know you're going to go back and you're going to have a whole for us later today, right?

That's right.

Thanks so much.

The City of Bloomington is revok occupancy permits for 11 of about 34 propertie owned and run by Jeff Jones of P Drake and Properties, a rental company in Bloomington, has been, to boot to reports.

City attorney sent notic to Jones on Friday of permit rev and loss of further rental lice privileges for rental code viola A letter from a Bloomington atto to Pendragon says if it continues to use the 11 pr as rentals past June 1st, it will be subject to a $2,500 f per day for each violation.

Bloomington Mayor Carri Thompson says during recent city housing and neighborhood develo inspection of Pendragon Properti the city found multiple code vio and unsafe living conditions.

She went to these propertie to talk with residents about act The city is taking 100% of the d that, were answered when I was out knocking, said we We have been looking to get out of this lease.

This is such a terrible place.

Thompson's assembled a team of providers and others that met th In case we do find that people become un But it's not our expectation that that will be the situation.

Pendragon properties have had i with rental code compliance for A city spokesperson says Pendra has approximately 23 other prope The city does not plan to rene the rental permits for any of th once they expire, and Jones will not be allowed to operat residential rental housing in Bl For Indiana NewsDesk I'm Binta B Jones did not respond to requests for comment.

Two of the 11 propertie that Pendragon will lose a permi in June are run by Malibu House a local sober living business.

Thompson says the city explore what it could do about Malibu Ho specificall after Ortiz was reporting this y Well, we're joined now by Olivi for more headlines from around t Hi, Olivia.

Hi, Joe.

Thank you for having me.

Terre Haute is introducing a ten to develop its riverfron into a recreational destination.

The plan includes buildin neighborhoods, expanding trails, and reserving public space by th I would say that vision came hon Traveling outside of Tahoe seeing what other Hoosier commun and Midwest communities have invested in their river, whether that's Owensboro, Kentu Evansville or Fort Wayne, Indian Financial hurdles could complica Terre Haute vision.

Budget cuts at the stat and federal level are constricti the sort of grants relied upon for public projects.

It's fallen on cities and mayors to go out and sell their communi to grow their community.

And that's exactly what we're d right here in the city of Terre Stockman says he's prepare to diversify sources of funds, such as using developer backed and grants from private organiza Indiana state parks are expected a loss of $10 million in stat funding once the budget is final That's after lawmakers adjusted so that more than 90% of the par funds would come from visitor f are for entrance, camping and th In the past, about two thirds of state parks operating budget came from fees.

Yeah, and I think that may have give a false sense to the budget make that they could rely on in DNR fees continuing to increa They they leveled off.

Goss says without more funding the parks likely won't have as m to hire the seasonal worker they rely on to do things like c restrooms mow lawns, serve as lifeguards a pools and collect entrance fees.

The Bloomington Convention Cent hotel developers are ready to in whether their chosen sit is the ideal home for the hotel.

The City Redevelopment Commissi unanimously approved a Dora's ho request to spend up to $100,000 the former Bunker Robertson pro north of the current convention The worst thing you can hit is rock or water, and I seem to both of them every time I develo But, we we understan there's going to be rock here, b we'd like to understand that the length of Lauterbach expects the property analysi to take up to two months to comp The city of Bloomington celebra the opening of Hopewell Commons, the city's newest park, Wednesday afternoon.

The one acre park is part of a effort to redevelop the former site of the IU Health Bloomingto Hospital into a new neighborhood with affordable housing.

The park includes outdoor seatin picnic tables and astroturf.

Temporary pickleball court will eventually be moved for hou That's what this park is.

It's our first.

Hello.

It's open arms.

It's an invitation to come in and stay a while.

We're building homes here.

Of course but also businesses, public art, walking paths, spaces like this Places that invite us to gather, to breathe and to belong.

Development in the area surrounding Hopewell Commons is expected to begin lat this year.

Bloomington Mayor Carrie Thompson has proclaimed J as the first Godzilla Day.

Thompson says the city wants to the original, uncut 1954 Toho St that will be screened at the Bus Chumley Theater that evening.

The version of Godzilla familiar to most Americans was recut by distributors for American aud It's a little bit more gritty, and it really talks about the realities of what had during the war and the atomic bo And Joe Breslow says that she's stil looking for ways to expand the e getting permits for public art and partnering with local busine It sounds fun.

Kno a lot of people are excited abou Thanks so much, Olivia.

Thank you.

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The Indiana State Museum has been collecting artifacts for its exhibit documentin the impact of the Covid pandemic and scientists are studying the on the terrain from this month's extreme flooding acros the southern part of the state.

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Well, five years have passed since the Covid 19 pandemic hit the country upending the lives of millions.

Reporters Isabella Perrine and Perry visited local businesses and the Indiana State Museum to learn more about the pandemic's lasting effects.

The Brier in the burly luggage a shop on the square was deemed a nonessential business.

It was closed for eight weeks t the public and could only ship p We would just come in and sit h if the phone rang and that was a The owner spent $80,000 of his s to keep the nine employees paid, and the lights on.

Closing down permanently was a c The thought crossed my mind.

I m if you can't be open to the public and all this merchandise and bills t and you've got essentially no s of income at the sooner or later you know, we managed to survive.

They sold fewer pieces of luggage in a yea than they normally would in a we Between January and October of international tourism dropped 70 When people were finally able to get out and move around.

You know, shop again that we got The people, especially when peop traveling again, they kind of seem to do it with a vengeance.

It's like, I don't know where I' but I'm not staying here.

The pandemic caused gathe an independent handmade goods sh on the squar to undergo structural changes.

Even though plastic shields, var tall, were installed in front of the counte to keep people distanced from ea they still found a way to connec with their customers.

We have a bunch of people who l around Bloomington, and so a bun the crafting people really cam through as a community to like, make a bunch of masks for every like, help have them here at the so everyone had easier access to And also it really helped out our small business a ton.

Halladay moved back in with her in Indianapolis right as the pan She didn' like staying inside all the time but still took something away from her experience.

My girlfriend lived here and then she would come and see anytime that she could and she still had a full time jo She was a preschool teacher, so she's an essential worker.

And yeah, I remembe that time was super hard, but I' so thankful that she was there f And now we're married.

During the pandemic, the Indian Museum started a Covid collectio Pieces from the collection rotate through the museum' global Indiana exhibit every few When Covid happened the museum staff recognized imme that we needed to collect mater from this critical moment in his The museum has few artifact from the 1918 influenza epidemic so the museum employed a rapid strategy in collecting Covid art Many of the pieces in the museum's collection came from staff members and their family and friends.

We made it a priority to collect these materials so that we would be abl to collect this moment in histor that we would be able to share t from the everyday, but also how we reacted to this The collection includes hand san masks and nursing materials alongside political educational and sports pieces.

Everything that we received helped us to tell a story, to tell a story of someone who hard to make it through the pand and then also the ways that they were reacting, how they were using creativity to celebrate.

Tandy highlighted a dress studen between kindergarten and second grade made for Katie an art teacher from Danville North Elementary Schoo who won teacher of the year in 2 The students also made her a mat of shoes, purse and earrings.

Portia wore the ensemble to meet Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Bide to be recognized for the award i The museum is continuing to collect Covid artifacts to preserve history for the futu We want to make sur that we're not only collecting f but for 100 plus years from now.

For Indiana NewsDesk with report Elise Perry.

I'm Isabella Ferrini.

Floodwaters from the white Rive have finally receded below flood after heavy rains brought i surging into communities and far And for one research team at IU the work is just beginning to un how these extremely rar 50 year floods affect Indiana's Clayton Bom Garth has more.

It's a sunny afternoon in a fiel just south of Columbus.

Students are gathering sensor and scanning the area using a dr This flood in particular helps u exactly how a 50 year flood affects floodplains and the deposition and erosion of sediment here, and exactly how muc just the one flood affects this.

O'Hara is a master's student at Typically, he studies how smaller floods affec flood plans over a decade at a t But this 50 year flood provided a rare opportunity.

The area behind me on this flood I'd say about a third of it, has experienced over a foot of erosion in the p and that's pretty significant.

And we're hoping to compar just the one flood event to see, what kind of portion of that, could be from one event.

Just days before the waters ros and some undergraduate students rushed to this field to stake s in the ground for measuring wate They also flew a drone with a s attached that measures ground el Each of those pulses of light gives us an exact measuremen to the ground, and any point tha And with that data we can make a lot of measurement It's extremely valuabl to a lot of different kinds of r They'll be able to use that data to determine if the flood erode or deposited soil from the plane Right away, it was clear to the that the floods brought a hefty layer of sand into the field.

The lab thinks that could be a g That sediment can get wor back into the topsoil, or restor some balance to the topsoil, maybe provide some nutrients.

That's certainly an interesting possibility.

Edmonds says these floods are pa of a historical tren that goes all the way back to 19 If you look at those trends over the annual maximum, flow has been increasing pretty steadily since then.

It's been going up.

And so the implication of that i that there are more frequent and bigger floods, year after ye This flood plain in particular is of interest to Edmonds because while there are clear de from the white River, other areas of the field are ero We're trying to tie this erosion back to its causes.

Is it related to increased flood Is it related to land use?

Is it related to, farmers planting habits or patte Ultimately, we want to try to h the farmers and the people of In to try to conserve soil because an important natural resource.

Edmonds is hoping to better info about utilizing flood plains across the state.

Those sediment deposits have th for creating more nutritious soi Other scientists say that isn't always the case.

There are some benefits from those sediments.

If all of our waterways were, perfectly c and free of industrial chemicals and things like that, so, you kn there is a little bit of risk of water quality whenever you ar dealing with flood waters.

This flood came at a good time for farmers.

It's still a bit too early to plant most crop in the southern portions of the but by the time major puddles a dry out of the fields, farmers will be left with a healthy, mo to get their corn and soybeans into those excessively wet conditions aren't healthy for the plants either.

So our corn and soybean crops, really can't germinate under saturated conditions.

And so you might have complete f of seed emergence.

For Boling, this time of year i when most farmers worry about th yields at harvest.

Increasingly, we also worry abou peak summer temperatures and the timing of pollination re to when we have some of our hott nighttime temperatures.

Can influence cornfield in parti She says the increased amount o Edmonds noted in his research, as well as the hot summers, all point to one big problem.

That is the signal that we're se with our climate changes.

For Indiana NewsDesk I'm Clayton and Ben says preliminar analysis of the flood plain surf changes in the study area showe caused more erosion than deposit Today marks the start of the wor greatest college weekend.

But it's not all about the men' and women's little 500 bicycle r As Katie Spak reports one student organization puts on that isn't quite as competitive.

It's called the Little little.

4 The lighthearted event races in teams similar to the li but there's a twist.

The teams ride on children's tri The race around the show Walter is a new lighthearted tradition it was inspired in part by an ol event.

Befor women could compete in the Littl they would instead compete in the mini 500.

Similar to the 499 the event was raced with tricycl The mini 500 was held for nearly as the Little Five women's race got established.

The mini became more lighthearte similar to the 499 race.

Some riders know the history, like the Chinese Arno team.

I know it was the precursor to the Women's Little 500.

They didn't do the same rac as the men's prior to like 1993.

Other show up to partake in the school That's exactly what the union b for when they planned the event.

This year it was held in tandem with IU d the University Spirit Day for fu Training is not required.

Everyone can join and race and h And just a really cool thing to For Indiana NewsDesk I'm Katie S That's the end of this program, but our work continues online a the news throughout the week at Newstalk.

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