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Indy City-County Council to Vote on $27 Million Package, Big Waves in Clean Energy, Federal Government Says Monroe County Obstructs Immigration Law, Indiana is Bird Flu Free

Indy City-County Council to Vote on $27 Million Package, Big Waves in Clean Energy, Federal Government Says Monroe County Obstructs Immigration Law, Indiana is Bird Flu Free

June 03, 2025

A $27 million spring spending package before the City-County Council will receive a final vote next week. Nearly half of all the solar installed in Indiana came online last year, mostly from the state's utilities. Monroe County is the only Indiana jurisdiction named on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s list of cities, counties and states that the agency believes obstruct enforcement of federal immigration law. Indiana officials say the state is declaring freedom from the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or bird flu.

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