Dave Askins

Every two years since 2017,  Bloomington residents have been surveyed by an outside consulting company about their attitudes on a variety of subjects. It was an off year in 2024, but in 2025, the city is planning to pay for another survey, according to the mayor’s office. Many, if

Tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 26) is the first Saturday when Monroe County’s election operations building is open for early in-person voting. The early in-person voting totals in Monroe County this year are better than the numbers at the same point in the 2016 early voting process. Through the first 13

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s traffic commission was briefed on the city’s draft Safe Streets and Roads for All Safety Action Plan. The document describes “programs, policies, and projects that aim to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities on Bloomington’s streets by 2039.” The goal of zero deaths

At their regular Wednesday morning meeting, the three Monroe County commissioners approved a $11.375-million purchase agreement for the land where a new county jail and co-located justice complex is now planned to be built. The property that the commissioners agreed to buy amounts to about 52 acres in North

Sometime before 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the city of Bloomington started removing various materials from the property owned by Joe Davis on South Washington Street. In the view of city officials, the wood, sheet metal, furniture, bicycle frame, and various other materials that were carted away by

At its regular meeting on Monday night, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) approved $25,000 for appraisals of real estate in the city’s TIF (tax increment finance) district. No specific properties were listed in the resolution approved by the five-member board. But it’s apparent that one of the