Bloomington's mayor says at least one subcontractor walked off the job Friday because of an ongoing pay dispute.

The 12-year-old project provided nearly $200,000 worth of supplies to 525 teachers in Monroe, Brown, Lawrence, Owen and Greene counties last year.

The organization has created interactive textbooks and children's songs to build a way to teach the languages.

The Indiana Arts Commission says it and 10 other Indiana arts organizations are receiving grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Yelp Indy continues its bicentennial celebration of "All Things Indiana" with an April Adventure in Bloomington. WFYI's Jill Ditmire invited Yelp Marketing Diva Brittany Smith and the owners of Bloomington business "Soapy Soap" into the 90.1 studios to share details.

The Monroe County Health Department says the cases do not appear to be linked, which indicates that the virus is spreading in the community and mumps cases could increase.

The 2.3 percent tax helps offset costs of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, but life sciences companies have fought to repeal it for three years.

Butler and IU are offering free mumps vaccinations. People who have already been vaccinated can still get the virus as antibodies wane over time.

Monroe County was approved for a needle exchange in December when the state health commissioner declared a public health emergency. That allowed the creation of a needle-exchange program to curb the spread of hepatitis C tied to intravenous drug use.

Indiana University's board of trustees committee has raised the cost of on-campus housing for the next school year.