Dave Askins

Starting in 2025, Monroe County residents will pay a local income tax rate that is 0.105 points higher than the current rate. A rate of 0.105, when applied to a taxable income of $20,000 per year, works out to an extra $21 a year. The county council

In-person early voting for the Nov. 5 election has started in Monroe County, Indiana. At 8 a.m. sharp on Tuesday, county clerk Nicole Browne opened the door at the election operations center at 3rd and Walnut streets in downtown Bloomington and proclaimed: “Hear ye, hear ye, the polls are

Starting around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday night was the weekly protest at Sample Gates in Bloomington against Indiana University’s new “expressive activities” policy, which was effective Aug. 1. Sample Gates is the spot where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at the western edge of the Bloomington campus. On

A special meeting is set this Wednesday (Oct. 9) for Bloomington’s city council to adopt the 2025 budget. The meeting could include an extra wrinkle, based on a petition that has been filed by Bloomington resident Joe Davis, and nine others. The petitioners object to the 2025 budget, asking

Included on Monday’s meeting agenda for Bloomington’s plan commission are two dramatically different requests. Beacon Builders, LLC is asking for approval to divide about 49 acres on Bloomington’s north side into 122 lots for detached single-family houses. [Updated Oct. 7, 2024: The plan commission approved the preliminary

A Thursday (Oct. 3) news release from Monroe County election supervisor Kylie Farris reported that an initial wave of absentee ballots sent out by the county’s election division included four ballots with an error, which had been corrected, re-printed, and re-sent to the four affected voters. The four voters