# This week in Vigo County government This edition covers 32 published highlights from 7 meetings between 2026-08-12 and 2026-08-25. ## 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Oversight Board ### [Oversight board votes 5-0 to send "Option 6.2" — a new high school east of the river and a renovated West Vigo — to the county commissioners](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-option-6-2-facilities-vote.md) **property · passed** Affects: West Vigo Jr./Sr. High School · Terre Haute North and South High Schools · Vigo County School Corporation families · Vigo County Teachers Association (VCTA) members Passed 5-0 on a roll-call vote [Source: Motion to adopt Option 6.2, 20:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMjykqEy8FA&t=1240) - Also in this story: [Oversight board recommends $15 million up front and $6 million a year in county money for the school building plan](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-funding-recommendation-vote.md) - Also in this story: [Teachers' union president tells the oversight board most teachers support the school plan but says teacher voice has been missing from the process](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-vcta-teacher-survey.md) ## 2026-08-18 — Vigo County Commissioners ### [Commissioners pull jail-overcrowding ordinance from the agenda, say a decision is still weeks away](../Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-overcrowding-decision-deferred.md) **deferral** Affects: People incarcerated at the Vigo County Jail · Vigo County Jail corrections officers No vote taken; ordinance withdrawn from today's agenda [Source: 22:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=1372) ### [Commissioners say next month's school-funding meeting may move to a bigger venue after the last meeting overflowed the room](../Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-meeting-venue-school-funding.md) **friction · pending** Affects: Vigo County school-funding meeting attendees No vote; venue decision rests with the county council [Source: 38:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=2315) ### [Commissioners approve vacating the last block of Union Road near Lewis](../Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-union-road-vacation.md) **property · passed** Affects: Union Road property owners between Washington Street and the railroad tracks Approved on a voice vote [Source: 32:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=1945) ### [County commissions design for a bigger south highway garage after years of cramped, outdoor repairs](../Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-south-garage-addition-design.md) **property** Affects: Southern Vigo County road users Approved on a voice vote; construction funding not yet identified [Source: 15:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=930) ### [County signs $469,000 contract to study traffic safety problems countywide](../Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-safe-streets-for-all-contract.md) **money** Affects: Vigo County drivers · Vigo County pedestrians · Vigo County bicyclists Approved on a voice vote [Source: 11:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=675) ### [Commissioners approve ordinance creating a new fire tax district for Otter Creek Township](../Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-otter-creek-fire-protection-district.md) **money** Affects: Otter Creek Township property owners outside Terre Haute Approved on a voice vote [Source: 4:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=258) ### [County renews $37,800-a-year HVAC maintenance contract for the county jail](../Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-hvac-maintenance-contract.md) **money · passed** Affects: People incarcerated at the Vigo County Jail · Vigo County Jail facilities staff Approved on a voice vote [Source: 9:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=565) ## 2026-08-24 — Vigo County Budget Committee ### [Budget committee declines to reopen general-fund request for three mental health court positions](../Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-mental-health-court-positions-declined.md) **friction · failed** Affects: Vigo County Mental Health Treatment Court participants Committee declined to reopen general-fund request; judge to pursue the opioid-fund route through the commissioners instead [Source: Judge Charles Johnson raises the issue, 1:04:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=3865) ### [County budget committee floats a flat raise for every employee instead of stipends — no decision made](../Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-flat-raise-vs-stipends-deferred.md) **deferral · pending** Affects: Vigo County government employees No vote taken; discussion to continue at a future meeting [Source: Committee member pitches a flat raise, 31:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=1893) ### [Budget committee recommends paying for a $250,000 court program from opioid settlement money, not general fund](../Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-judge-ready-opioid-funding.md) **money · passed** Affects: Vigo County drug-treatment court participants Recommended via voice vote to fund from the opioid settlement fund [Source: Funding source options laid out, 1:02:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=3728) - Also in this story: [A drug-treatment court program may need $250,000 from Vigo County's general fund instead of opioid settlement money](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-judge-readys-program-funding-shift.md) ### [State guidance says the county's 0.2% correctional/rehab tax fund can't pay for non-facility staff](../Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-correctional-rehab-fund-restricted.md) **rules** Affects: Vigo County dual-diagnosis staff No fund decision changed; that spending has to come from county general instead, per state guidance [Source: State Board of Accounts guidance reported, 1:42:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=6172) ## 2026-08-13 — Vigo County Budget Committee ### [Budget committee recesses without deciding on salaries, grade changes, or how to pay for a tower](../Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-recess-salaries-deferred.md) **deferral** Affects: Vigo County employees Recessed until further notice; no date was set to take these up. [Source: Salaries and positions still outstanding, 1:48:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VZOnQ0PS8&t=6496) ### [Sheriff's office budget put off to a later meeting](../Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-sheriff-budget-deferred.md) **deferral** Affects: Vigo County Sheriff's Office employees Deferred; no vote taken. Staff said they hadn't yet had a chance to meet on it. [Source: Chair asks what's outstanding, 14:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VZOnQ0PS8&t=856) ### [Two Juvenile Justice Center budget lines held pending a check with the auditor's office](../Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-juvenile-justice-center-items-deferred.md) **deferral** Affects: Vigo County Juvenile Justice Center Deferred; no vote taken on either item. No date was set to revisit them. [Source: Juvenile Justice Center budget opens, 52:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VZOnQ0PS8&t=3170) ### [Budget committee holds off on the weights and measures budget over an unresolved raise question](../Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-weights-and-measures-raise-deferred.md) **deferral** Affects: Vigo County fuel buyers · Vigo County retail shoppers Deferred; no vote taken. The committee said it would come back to it later. [Source: Salary note flagged, 12:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VZOnQ0PS8&t=738) ### [Funding for the Clinton Road widening project drops from $3 million to $500,000](../Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-clinton-road-funding-drop.md) **property** Affects: Clinton Road neighbors Approved as part of the overall EDIT fund budget, on a voice vote. [Source: Clinton Road down to $500,000, 31:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VZOnQ0PS8&t=1881) ### [County's 911 fund set to spend more than it takes in next year](../Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-911-fund-cash-drawdown.md) **money** Affects: Vigo County 911 callers Approved on a voice vote. [Source: State paying for new recorder, 15:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VZOnQ0PS8&t=948) ### [Clerk's office scanning project budget jumps from $9,000 to $109,000](../Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-clerk-scanning-project-funding.md) **money** Affects: Vigo County Clerk's Office records users Approved on a voice vote. [Source: Scanning-project increase explained, 1:08:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VZOnQ0PS8&t=4124) ## 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Budget Committee ### [Vigo County holds off approving the sheriff's budget to recheck the numbers](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-sheriff-budget-held-off.md) **deferral** Affects: Vigo County Sheriff's Office employees Held off; no vote taken [Source: Sheriff's budget review begins: body cameras, radios, vehicle costs, 2:32:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1Sw5K1LHE&t=9149) ### [Vigo County forwards a pay-grade increase and staff stipends for tax-office employees to the full council](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-auditor-office-pay-grade-and-stipend-forwarded.md) **deferral** Affects: Vigo County Auditor's Office tax supervisor · Three Vigo County Auditor's Office staff positions Forwarded to the full county council; no committee vote taken [Source: Request to raise the tax supervisor position to pay grade 10, 43:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1Sw5K1LHE&t=2588) ### [State funding cuts push more of Vigo County's community corrections costs onto local taxpayers](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-community-corrections-funding-shift.md) **money** Affects: Vigo County Community Corrections employees · Vigo County Community Corrections participants · Vigo County work-release participants Approved as a favorable recommendation [Source: New county-general line created for community corrections benefits and a roughly $700,000 supplement, 32:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1Sw5K1LHE&t=1961) ### [Vigo County jail budget goes up for vehicles, repairs, and new body cameras](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-jail-budget-increase-body-cameras.md) **money** Affects: People incarcerated at the Vigo County Jail · Vigo County Jail corrections officers Approved on a voice vote [Source: Jail budget review: repairs and $65,000 for vehicles, 2:10:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1Sw5K1LHE&t=7849) ### [Vigo County adds $520,000 to cover a run of building-maintenance emergencies](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-building-maintenance-emergency-funding.md) **money** Affects: Vigo County building-maintenance staff · Users of Vigo County buildings Approved, $520,000 total [Source: Building maintenance needs an additional $500,000, and what broke, 34:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1Sw5K1LHE&t=2071) ### [Vigo County clerk wins $300,000 for records digitization and higher pay for election-day workers](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-clerk-digitization-and-election-worker-pay.md) **money** Affects: Vigo County election-day poll workers · Vigo County court-record users Approved on voice votes [Source: Clerk requests $200,000 more for digitization and a pay raise for election workers, 56:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1Sw5K1LHE&t=3364) ### [Vigo County Highway Department needs more money set aside for workers' comp insurance](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-highway-department-workers-comp-increase.md) **money** Affects: Vigo County Highway Department employees Approved on a voice vote, $175,000 total [Source: Highway department's workers' comp estimate rises to $175,000, 36:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1Sw5K1LHE&t=2208) ## 2026-08-25 — Vigo County Commissioners ### [Resident flags an unfinished grade at the fairgrounds' new concrete; commissioners say they're aware](../Highlights/2026-08-25-vigo-county-commissioners-fairgrounds-concrete-grade.md) **property** Affects: Vigo County Fairgrounds visitors with limited mobility No formal action taken; commissioners acknowledged the gap [Source: Fairgrounds concrete raised, 18:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0IoaGhUhg&t=1081) ### [Vigo County commissioners approve $870,767.38 in claims for August 14-20](../Highlights/2026-08-25-vigo-county-commissioners-claims-docket-aug14-20.md) **money · passed** Affects: Vigo County vendors and contractors Approved on a voice vote [Source: Claims docket presented, 11:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0IoaGhUhg&t=706) ## 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Board of Zoning Appeals ### [Zoning board approves a garage variance next to a vacant lot, over one neighbor's written objection](../Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-board-of-zoning-appeals-garage-setback-variance.md) **property** Affects: Owner of the adjoining unbuildable parcel Approved on a voice vote, conditioned on a demolition permit and an improvement location permit [Source: 0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkxkraTee8w&t=0) ## Still open - [Vigo County Commissioners](../Entities/Bodies/vigo-county-commissioners.md) — open · 14 events · last seen 2026-08-25 - [Vigo County Fairgrounds](../Entities/Places/vigo-county-fairgrounds.md) — open · 2 events · last seen 2026-08-25 - [Vigo County Budget Committee](../Entities/Bodies/vigo-county-budget-committee.md) — open · 7 events · last seen 2026-08-24 - [Drug-treatment court program — opioid settlement funding](../Entities/Contracts/drug-treatment-court-program.md) — open · 2 events · last seen 2026-08-24 - [Vigo County schools building & funding plan ("Option 6.2")](../Entities/Issues/vigo-county-schools-funding-project.md) — open · 19 events · last seen 2026-08-18 - [Vigo County Highway Department / County Engineer's Office](../Entities/Bodies/vigo-county-highway-department.md) — open · 3 events · last seen 2026-08-18 - [Vigo County Jail](../Entities/Places/vigo-county-jail.md) — open · 3 events · last seen 2026-08-18 - [Vigo County Clerk's Office](../Entities/Bodies/vigo-county-clerk-office.md) — open · 2 events · last seen 2026-08-13 - [Vigo County Sheriff's Office](../Entities/Bodies/vigo-county-sheriff-office.md) — open · 2 events · last seen 2026-08-13 - [Vigo County School Oversight Committee](../Entities/Bodies/vigo-county-school-oversight-committee.md) — open · 24 events · last seen 2026-08-12 - [Vigo County School Corporation](../Entities/Bodies/vigo-county-school-corporation.md) — open · 11 events · last seen 2026-08-12 - [West Vigo High School](../Entities/Places/west-vigo-high-school.md) — open · 6 events · last seen 2026-08-12 - [Crowe — outside financial consultant to the county's school oversight board](../Entities/Contracts/crowe-financial-consulting.md) — open · 3 events · last seen 2026-08-12 ## Earlier - 2026-08-11 — Vigo County Council — [IT moves $40,000 out of the county's computer-replacement fund to cover a contract that includes new website ADA rules](../Highlights/2026-08-11-vigo-county-council-it-website-ada-transfer.md) - 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — [City picks a firm to update Terre Haute's 46-year-old historic buildings survey](../Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-historic-resources-survey.md) - 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council approves $100,000 toward a new street department plow truck, with a state grant covering part of the cost](../Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-resolution-11-2026-street-truck.md) - 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council approves $225,000 for a replacement fire department rescue truck](../Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-11-2026-fire-truck.md) - 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council approves $45,000 to help keep Susie's Place child advocacy center open after federal funding cuts](../Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-12-2026-susies-place.md) - 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council approves rezoning at 335 Kent Avenue to allow a duplex](../Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-so7-2026-kent-ave-rezoning.md) - 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council approves rezoning of the former Mason Lodge at 2215 Garfield Avenue from residential to commercial](../Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-so10-2026-garfield-ave-rezoning.md) - 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — [Rezoning of a 140-year-old Terre Haute home is delayed to September after conflicting city and county meeting times](../Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-so9-2026-908-s-7th-st-deferral.md) - 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — [State gas tax extension leaves part of Terre Haute's road funding for this year unconfirmed](../Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-gas-tax-road-funding-update.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Commissioners — [A project code-named 'Project Holly' is seeking a partial property-tax break for an $8–10 million Terre Haute investment](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-project-holly-tax-abatement.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Commissioners — [Commissioners approve a legal engagement letter for a potential future county bond](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-taft-bond-engagement-letter.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Commissioners — [Commissioners confirm they'll ask the county council tonight to fund a full rebuild of the jail's secure elevator](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-elevator-rebuild-funding.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Commissioners — [County will fix a billing error that let about 84 properties skip a small conservancy tax since 2010](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-conservancy-tax-correction.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Commissioners — [No regular Tuesday commissioners meeting next week — special Wednesday 5pm session will hear the East Side school recommendation instead](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-special-wednesday-meeting-east-side-school.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — [Council revisits restoring $200,000 to Community Corrections after it was pulled from the budget by mistake](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-community-corrections-200k-restored.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — [Council to consider a $4,500 clothing allowance for security officers, missed in last year's budget](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-building-security-clothing-allowance.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — [County asked to give Susie's Place $15,000 as federal funding for child abuse interviews shrinks](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-susies-place-funding.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — [County's school oversight committee reports $87,146 balance, sets September date for a school funding proposal](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-school-oversight-committee-report.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — [Lost Creek fire district asks county for $50,000 after paying to fix a truck's pump mid-fire](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-lost-creek-fire-pump-appropriation.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — [Prosecutor asks for $10,000 more to bring wanted suspects back to Vigo County](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-prosecutor-fugitive-return-appropriation.md) - 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — [Prosecutor asks to spend $502,000 in seized drug-case money on police vehicles and gear](../Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-prosecutor-seized-assets-appropriation.md) - 2026-07-20 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Oversight board pays a $2,269.50 legal bill and reports an $87,135 balance](../Highlights/2026-07-20-vigo-county-oversight-board-attorney-fees-treasurer-report.md) - 2026-07-20 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Terre Haute Casino Foundation pledges $10 million upfront and up to $4.3 million a year for a new high school](../Highlights/2026-07-20-vigo-county-oversight-board-casino-foundation-funding-commitment.md) - 2026-07-20 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [West Vigo teachers push back on a plan detail that would move sixth graders into an "elementary" building](../Highlights/2026-07-20-vigo-county-oversight-board-sixth-grade-consolidation-concern.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [A rezoning request for 335 Kent Avenue got pushed to August because no one showed up to present it](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-335-kent-avenue-rezoning-deferred.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [A union rep says the YMCA expansion's contractor isn't following Terre Haute's responsible-bid rules](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-responsible-bid-ordinance-ymca.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council adopts a new city wheel tax — but says it replaces, not adds to, what you already pay](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-wheel-tax-adopted.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council approves $750,000 to rebuild Ray Park's tennis courts this year instead of next](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-ray-park-tennis-appropriation.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council approves rezoning so Fastenal can expand into the building next door on Poplar Street](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-1009-poplar-fastenal-rezoning.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council fixes a paperwork mix-up and keeps Govina Inc.'s tax abatement active](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-govina-cf1-correction.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council lets CHI Overhead Doors keep its tax break despite falling short on new jobs](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-chi-overhead-doors-abatement.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [EDC says it's dropping automatic 10-year tax abatements — and a $30-50 million project is headed to council soon](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-edc-project-holly.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Sewer bills are on track to rise 10% in 2030, plus a new $3-a-month stormwater fee](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-sewer-stormwater-rate-plan.md) - 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Terre Haute has stopped issuing cat-colony permits — residents say enforcement hasn't stopped](../Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-cat-colony-ordinance-friction.md) - 2026-06-25 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [A revised West Vigo school plan could save $30 million to $40 million, but no decision has been made](../Highlights/2026-06-25-vigo-county-oversight-board-west-vigo-plan-revision-presented.md) - 2026-06-25 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Oversight board approves two Barnes & Thornburg legal invoices totaling $4,563](../Highlights/2026-06-25-vigo-county-oversight-board-legal-invoices-treasurer-report.md) - 2026-06-11 — Terre Haute City Council — [New Terre Haute wheel tax ordinance held over to July 9 without a vote](../Highlights/2026-06-11-terre-haute-city-council-wheel-tax-tabled.md) - 2026-06-11 — Terre Haute City Council — [Terre Haute police detail their 30 license-plate cameras — and say ICE data-sharing is off, for now](../Highlights/2026-06-11-terre-haute-city-council-flock-camera-privacy-policy.md) - 2026-06-04 — Terre Haute City Council — [A trustee asked council to approve 100 homeless shelter beds at the fairgrounds with no city money — and got no response on the record](../Highlights/2026-06-04-terre-haute-city-council-homeless-shelter-fairgrounds-proposal.md) - 2026-06-04 — Terre Haute City Council — [City may drop the 'Make My Move' relocation incentive as the state scales back funding](../Highlights/2026-06-04-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-9-2026-make-my-move.md) - 2026-06-04 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council approves rezoning for three small 'efficiency' homes on North 13th Street, across from ISU student housing](../Highlights/2026-06-04-terre-haute-city-council-special-ordinance-4-2026-13th-street-rezoning.md) - 2026-05-14 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council questions why a tax-abated apartment building has only two employees](../Highlights/2026-05-14-terre-haute-city-council-miller-parrott-employee-count.md) - 2026-05-14 — Terre Haute City Council — [Councilman Nation: property tax breaks are helping build affordable and senior housing](../Highlights/2026-05-14-terre-haute-city-council-warren-village-ii-affordable-housing.md) - 2026-05-07 — Terre Haute City Council — [City to tear down about ten more houses in May, plus a condemned building near the mall](../Highlights/2026-05-07-terre-haute-city-council-blight-demolitions.md) - 2026-05-07 — Terre Haute City Council — [Terre Haute plans to loosen ADU and setback rules, then hire an outside firm to rewrite the entire zoning code](../Highlights/2026-05-07-terre-haute-city-council-chapter-10-zoning-rewrite.md) - 2026-04-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [City spends about $47,500 to keep the homeless warming center open 37 nights this winter](../Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-warming-center-appropriation.md) - 2026-04-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council rezones two North 12th Street lots from residential to business use](../Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-north-12th-street-rezoning.md) - 2026-04-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Mayor warns a 2028 state tax change could double-tax residents — city is exploring a workaround](../Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-income-tax-must-proposal.md) - 2026-04-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Redevelopment Commission's 2025 report: downtown hotel TIF area spent $46,494 more than it collected](../Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-tif-report-cbd-shortfall.md) - 2026-04-09 — Terre Haute City Council — [Resident says the city isn't enforcing its street-basketball-hoop ban near where kids were hit by a car](../Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-basketball-street-code-enforcement.md) - 2026-04-09 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Oversight board pushes school-funding recommendation from April to July](../Highlights/2026-04-09-vigo-county-oversight-board-recommendation-timeline-delay.md) - 2026-04-02 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council appropriates $20,000 for the Ray Park and Riley Trail projects using returned grant money](../Highlights/2026-04-02-terre-haute-city-council-riley-trail-appropriation.md) - 2026-04-02 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council backs a plan to turn South 8th Street into a park for the Children's Museum — but doesn't fund or close anything yet](../Highlights/2026-04-02-terre-haute-city-council-8th-street-park-resolution.md) - 2026-04-02 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council can't yet vote on the 3317 North 12th Street rezoning — the area plan commission hasn't met](../Highlights/2026-04-02-terre-haute-city-council-north-12th-street-rezoning-held.md) - 2026-03-26 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [District says it can't set a construction start date for its school building plan until the county decides whether to help pay for it](../Highlights/2026-03-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-construction-start-timing.md) - 2026-03-26 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Vigo County Schools cuts its 2026 combined property tax rate to 90.53 cents, down from 97.61 cents](../Highlights/2026-03-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-2026-tax-rate-cut.md) - 2026-03-12 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council locks in — and slightly expands — the days fireworks are legal in Terre Haute](../Highlights/2026-03-12-terre-haute-city-council-fireworks-ordinance.md) - 2026-03-12 — Terre Haute City Council — [Resident's push for a 13th Street corridor committee stalls — council says it has to start with the mayor's office](../Highlights/2026-03-12-terre-haute-city-council-13th-street-corridor-committee.md) - 2026-03-12 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Public comments show competing views of Vigo County's school consolidation plan](../Highlights/2026-03-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-public-comment-school-consolidation.md) - 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — [13th Street Corridor advocates tell council they've been shut out of housing funding for two decades](../Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-malone-jonah-13th-street-corridor-funding.md) - 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — [74 former ISU lots north of campus go up for sale with a $6,500-per-lot infrastructure incentive](../Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-isu-parcels-redevelopment.md) - 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — [City and county put $2 million into a revolving housing loan fund; separate program offers up to 5% down-payment help](../Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-revolving-loan-fund-hoosier-homes-plus.md) - 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — [Council rezones 2722 South Fruitridge Avenue for a wealth-management office, with a safeguard back to residential](../Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-special-ordinance-1-fruitridge-rezoning.md) - 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — [State law forces Terre Haute to update its zoning code by the end of 2026](../Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-zoning-code-update-hb1001.md) - 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — [Two fire code ordinances held back over state-law conflicts](../Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-go2-go4-fire-ordinances-tabled.md) - 2026-02-26 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [A resident tells the Vigo County School Oversight Board it lacks Black representation](../Highlights/2026-02-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-committee-representation-equity-concern.md) - 2026-02-26 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Board member questions an illustration that uses Vigo County Schools' full existing bonding capacity](../Highlights/2026-02-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-bonding-capacity-no-tax-increase.md) - 2026-02-23 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Resident questions how the county calculated a $102 million savings figure](../Highlights/2026-02-23-vigo-county-oversight-board-savings-figure-public-question.md) - 2026-02-12 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Oversight Board hires Barnes & Thornburg as counsel for its school-plan review](../Highlights/2026-02-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-barnes-thornburg-engagement-approved.md) - 2026-02-02 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [School board adopts "Option Six," closing eight Vigo County buildings to avoid an estimated $191 million in costs](../Highlights/2026-02-02-vigo-county-oversight-board-option-six-adopted.md) - 2026-01-29 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [SEA 1 creates a new credit for qualifying homestead property owners, reducing local tax collections](../Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-sea1-homestead-credit.md) - 2026-01-29 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [State budget ends a $155-per-student textbook grant; district cites grant loss and enrollment decline in a $1.5 million annual shortfall](../Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-textbook-grant-removed.md) - 2026-01-29 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [State lawmakers cap Vigo County Schools' property-tax growth at 4.4% for a third year running](../Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-operations-levy-growth-cap-2026.md) - 2026-01-29 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Vigo County Schools has lost $80 million to $100 million in property tax revenue since 2015 to the state's tax caps](../Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-circuit-breaker-property-tax-loss.md) - 2026-01-12 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [District says it can bond for one new high school without raising taxes, but not two](../Highlights/2026-01-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-county-bonding-partnership-request.md) - 2026-01-12 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Plan would raze West Vigo Middle School as Terre Haute North and South become middle schools](../Highlights/2026-01-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-option-six-school-building-fates.md) - 2026-01-05 — Vigo County Oversight Board — [Oversight Board adopts a public-comment policy for its school-plan meetings](../Highlights/2026-01-05-vigo-county-oversight-board-public-comment-policy.md)