https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Bloomington_Annexation 2026-06-24T20:04:13Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=595&oldid=prev 2026-06-09T17:26:33Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:26, 9 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Trial on the merits: Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears 45 minutes of arguments on the remaining legal-fee question after Bloomington’s failed Areas 1A and 1B annexations, with outside counsel for the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ciy</del>, attorneys Stephen Unger and Andrew McNeil, arguing for a $37,500 statutory cap and remonstrators’ attorney William Beggs seeking $199,441.98 before Nikirk takes the matter under advisement and sets a July 8 deadline for proposed orders. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf copy of amended fee request]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf copy of joint stipulations]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Trial on the merits: Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears 45 minutes of arguments on the remaining legal-fee question after Bloomington’s failed Areas 1A and 1B annexations, with outside counsel for the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">city</ins>, attorneys Stephen Unger and Andrew McNeil, arguing for a $37,500 statutory cap and remonstrators’ attorney William Beggs seeking $199,441.98 before Nikirk takes the matter under advisement and sets a July 8 deadline for proposed orders. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf copy of amended fee request]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf copy of joint stipulations]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=594&oldid=prev 2026-06-09T17:26:20Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:26, 9 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Trial on the merits: Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears 45 minutes of arguments on the remaining legal-fee question after Bloomington’s failed Areas 1A and 1B annexations, with <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">city </del>attorneys Stephen Unger and Andrew McNeil arguing for a $37,500 statutory cap and remonstrators’ attorney William Beggs seeking $199,441.98 before Nikirk takes the matter under advisement and sets a July 8 deadline for proposed orders. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf copy of amended fee request]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf copy of joint stipulations]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Trial on the merits: Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears 45 minutes of arguments on the remaining legal-fee question after Bloomington’s failed Areas 1A and 1B annexations, with <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">outside counsel for the ciy, </ins>attorneys Stephen Unger and Andrew McNeil<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>arguing for a $37,500 statutory cap and remonstrators’ attorney William Beggs seeking $199,441.98 before Nikirk takes the matter under advisement and sets a July 8 deadline for proposed orders. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf copy of amended fee request]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf copy of joint stipulations]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=593&oldid=prev 2026-06-09T17:25:48Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:25, 9 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Trial on the merits: Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears 45 minutes of arguments on the remaining legal-fee question after Bloomington’s failed Areas 1A and 1B annexations, with city attorneys Stephen Unger and Andrew McNeil arguing for a $37,500 statutory cap and remonstrators’ attorney William Beggs seeking $199,441.98 before Nikirk takes the matter under advisement and sets a July 8 deadline for proposed orders. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf copy of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">court filing</del>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf copy of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">court filing</del>]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Trial on the merits: Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears 45 minutes of arguments on the remaining legal-fee question after Bloomington’s failed Areas 1A and 1B annexations, with city attorneys Stephen Unger and Andrew McNeil arguing for a $37,500 statutory cap and remonstrators’ attorney William Beggs seeking $199,441.98 before Nikirk takes the matter under advisement and sets a July 8 deadline for proposed orders. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf copy of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">amended fee request</ins>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf copy of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">joint stipulations</ins>]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=592&oldid=prev 2026-06-09T17:25:03Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:25, 9 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">oral </del>arguments on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whether Bloomington owes remonstrators who blocked annexation of </del>Areas 1A and 1B <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">no more than </del>$37,500 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or nearly </del>$<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">200,000 in attorney fees</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gives the parties until </del>July 8 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to file </del>proposed orders <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">before he rules</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article]] </del>[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">amended petition for attorney fees</del>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stipulation </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">facts and </del>legal <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">issue</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trial on the merits: </ins>Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">45 minutes of </ins>arguments on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the remaining legal-fee question after Bloomington’s failed </ins>Areas 1A and 1B <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">annexations, with city attorneys Stephen Unger and Andrew McNeil arguing for a </ins>$37,500 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">statutory cap and remonstrators’ attorney William Beggs seeking </ins>$<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">199</ins>,<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">441.98 before Nikirk takes the matter under advisement </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sets a </ins>July 8 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deadline for </ins>proposed orders. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">copy of court filing</ins>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">copy </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">court filing]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-</ins>legal<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=591&oldid=prev 2026-06-09T17:24:02Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:24, 9 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">45 minutes of </del>arguments on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the remaining legal-fee question after Bloomington’s failed </del>Areas 1A and 1B <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">annexations, with city attorneys Stephen Unger and Andrew McNeil arguing for a </del>$37,500 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">statutory cap and remonstrators’ </del>attorney <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">William Beggs seeking $199</del>,<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">441.98 before Nikirk takes </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">matter under advisement and sets a </del>July 8 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deadline for </del>proposed orders. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">copy of court filing</del>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf copy of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">court filing</del>]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bloomington</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">argues</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">37</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">500</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">legal</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fees</del>-in-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">annexation</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">loss</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remonstrators-seek</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">200k</del>/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">oral </ins>arguments on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whether Bloomington owes remonstrators who blocked annexation of </ins>Areas 1A and 1B <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">no more than </ins>$37,500 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or nearly $200,000 in </ins>attorney <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fees</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and gives </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">parties until </ins>July 8 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to file </ins>proposed orders <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">before he rules</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article]] </ins>[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">amended petition for attorney fees</ins>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.pdf stipulation of facts and legal issue]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer</ins>.pdf copy of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">order</ins>]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">supreme-court</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">refuses</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hear</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">case</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bloomingtons</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">annexation</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">defeat</ins>-in-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">areas</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">now</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">final</ins>/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-10-30 Constitutional question.''' Indiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Bloomington’s constitutional annexation challenge to 2019 state law. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/indiana-supreme-court-hears-bloomingtons-constitutional-annexation-challenge-over-voided-remonstration-waivers/ BSB coverage] ]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-10-30 Constitutional question.''' Indiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Bloomington’s constitutional annexation challenge to 2019 state law. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/indiana-supreme-court-hears-bloomingtons-constitutional-annexation-challenge-over-voided-remonstration-waivers/ BSB coverage] ]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=590&oldid=prev 2026-06-09T17:17:41Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Latest</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:17, 9 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trial on the merits: </del>Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">oral </del>arguments on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">whether Bloomington owes remonstrators who blocked annexation of </del>Areas 1A and 1B <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">no more than </del>$37,500 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or nearly </del>$<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">200,000 in attorney fees</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gives the parties until </del>July 8 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to file </del>proposed orders <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">before he rules</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ BSB coverage]] </del>[[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">amended petition for attorney fees</del>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.pdf stipulation of facts]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">45 minutes of </ins>arguments on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the remaining legal-fee question after Bloomington’s failed </ins>Areas 1A and 1B <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">annexations, with city attorneys Stephen Unger and Andrew McNeil arguing for a </ins>$37,500 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">statutory cap and remonstrators’ attorney William Beggs seeking </ins>$<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">199</ins>,<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">441.98 before Nikirk takes the matter under advisement </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sets a </ins>July 8 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deadline for </ins>proposed orders. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">copy of court filing</ins>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf copy of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">court filing</ins>]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bloomington</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">argues</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">37</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">500</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cap</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">legal</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fees</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">annexation</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">loss</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remonstrators</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">seek</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">200k</ins>/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer</del>.pdf copy of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">order</del>]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">supreme</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">court</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">refuses</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hear</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">case</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bloomingtons</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">annexation</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">defeat</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">areas</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">now</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">final</del>/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-10-30 Constitutional question.''' Indiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Bloomington’s constitutional annexation challenge to 2019 state law. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/indiana-supreme-court-hears-bloomingtons-constitutional-annexation-challenge-over-voided-remonstration-waivers/ BSB coverage] ]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-10-30 Constitutional question.''' Indiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Bloomington’s constitutional annexation challenge to 2019 state law. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/indiana-supreme-court-hears-bloomingtons-constitutional-annexation-challenge-over-voided-remonstration-waivers/ BSB coverage] ]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=589&oldid=prev 2026-06-09T17:07:13Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:07, 9 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears oral arguments on whether Bloomington owes remonstrators who blocked annexation of Areas 1A and 1B no more than $37,500 or nearly $200,000 in attorney fees, and gives the parties until July 8 to file proposed orders before he rules. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">source article</del>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf amended petition for attorney fees]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf stipulation of facts <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and legal issue</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-06-05 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Trial on the merits: </ins>Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears oral arguments on whether Bloomington owes remonstrators who blocked annexation of Areas 1A and 1B no more than $37,500 or nearly $200,000 in attorney fees, and gives the parties until July 8 to file proposed orders before he rules. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">BSB coverage</ins>]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf amended petition for attorney fees]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf stipulation of facts]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=588&oldid=prev 2026-06-09T17:05:59Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:05, 9 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-06-05 Annexation legal fees.''' Monroe Circuit Court special judge Nathan Nikirk hears oral arguments on whether Bloomington owes remonstrators who blocked annexation of Areas 1A and 1B no more than $37,500 or nearly $200,000 in attorney fees, and gives the parties until July 8 to file proposed orders before he rules. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-argues-37-500-cap-on-legal-fees-in-annexation-loss-remonstrators-seek-200k/ source article]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees-Amended-Petition-for-Attorney-Fees.pdf amended petition for attorney fees]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-05-Joint-Sitpulations-annexation-Bloomington-attorney-fees.pdf stipulation of facts and legal issue]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=577&oldid=prev 2026-06-05T17:08:43Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:08, 5 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-Area-1A-Area-1B-Transfer.pdf copy of order<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-case-bloomingtons-annexation-defeat-in-two-areas-now-final/ BSB coverage</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-10-30 Constitutional question.''' Indiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Bloomington’s constitutional annexation challenge to 2019 state law. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/indiana-supreme-court-hears-bloomingtons-constitutional-annexation-challenge-over-voided-remonstration-waivers/ BSB coverage] ]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-10-30 Constitutional question.''' Indiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Bloomington’s constitutional annexation challenge to 2019 state law. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/indiana-supreme-court-hears-bloomingtons-constitutional-annexation-challenge-over-voided-remonstration-waivers/ BSB coverage] ]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Annexation&diff=576&oldid=prev 2026-06-05T17:05:30Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:05, 5 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Latest ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">annexation</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">areas</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1A</del>-1B.pdf copy of order]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-02-10 Trial on the merits.''' Indiana Supreme Court declines to accept transfer of Bloomington’s appeal, leaving in place the Court of Appeals decision blocking annexation of Areas 1A and 1B. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-02-10-Order-denying-transfer-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Area</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1A</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Area</ins>-1B<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-Transfer</ins>.pdf copy of order]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-10-30 Constitutional question.''' Indiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Bloomington’s constitutional annexation challenge to 2019 state law. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/indiana-supreme-court-hears-bloomingtons-constitutional-annexation-challenge-over-voided-remonstration-waivers/ BSB coverage] ]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-10-30 Constitutional question.''' Indiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Bloomington’s constitutional annexation challenge to 2019 state law. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/indiana-supreme-court-hears-bloomingtons-constitutional-annexation-challenge-over-voided-remonstration-waivers/ BSB coverage] ]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave