News for Political & Government

The City of Mar­i­on Seeks $350,000 in Fund­ing to Assist Mar­i­on Home­own­ers with Crit­i­cal Home Repairs  Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 23rd, 2026 — Are you a Mar­i­on home­own­er with a leak­ing roof, HVAC unit on the fritz, or elec­tri­cal sys­tem that needs upgrad­ed? Does your show­er or toi­let need to be mod­i­fied for wheel­chair access? Have you delayed address­ing impor­tant home repairs ...read more

How Marion Works ft. Building Commissioner Justin DickersonShareemailfacebooklinkedintwitterreddit Aug 31, 2026  |  Web Administrator Check out the lat­est episode of How Mar­i­on Works, fea­tur­ing Build­ing Com­mis­sion­er Justin Dick­er­son: Lis­ten to this episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440330/episodes/19729704-how-marion-works-podcast-se-2-episode-16-master-1 Fol­low this pod­cast: ...read more

Shareemailfacebooklinkedintwitterr Request for Fund­ing (RFF) Recov­ery Hous­ing Sta­bi­liza­tion & Com­pli­ance Initiative Fund­ing Avail­able: $150,000 total (up to six awards of up to $25,000 each)Fund­ing Source: City of Mar­i­on Opi­oid Set­tle­ment Funds Pur­pose The City of Mar­i­on invites eli­gi­ble recov­ery hous­ing providers to sub­mit Requests for Fund­ing (RFF) to strength­en ...read more

The City of Mar­i­on is seek­ing input from local home­own­ers about home repair needs through­out Mar­i­on neigh­bor­hoods. If you or some­one you know owns a home in Mar­i­on that needs home repairs — roof, HVAC, acces­si­bil­i­ty updates, or elec­tri­cal work — we want to hear from you. Take just five min­utes to fill out the Grant Coun­ty Crit­i­cal Repair Sur­vey: ...read more

The Mar­i­on Com­mon Coun­cil will soon have a vacan­cy for the Mar­i­on Util­i­ties Ser­vice Board. This appoint­ment is a four-year term begin­ning August 1, 2026, and end­ing on July 31, 2030. Resumes must accom­pa­ny an appli­ca­tion that can be picked up or emailed from the Mar­i­on City Clerk’s office or emailed to councilpresident@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov no lat­er than July 15, 2026, at ...read more

In Season 2, Episode 10 of How Mar­i­on Works, we pull back the cur­tain on local infra­struc­ture with Sher­ry Losh­nowsky, the Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Spe­cial­ist with Mar­i­on Utilities. Listen to the full episode here.