Peggy Welch emails us from the House floor with an update on the just-passed state budget; Indiana University trustee Philip Eskew Jr. is re-elected to a second term by IU alumni; Indian Creek Firefighters are surprised to learn of a public meeting organized by the township trustee after the outsourcing of fire protection services to a Greene County squad; Ivy Tech Bloomington goes smoke-free effective August 4; a Bloomington expert on Central American politics says the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Sunday is quite different from those of the past in that the U.S. government is NOT supporting it; a senior citizen version of the Amber Alert program goes into effect tomorrow thanks in part to local lawmaker Vi Simpson.
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