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Dave Askins

Dave Askins

Bloomington, Indiana

Dave Askins is editor and publisher of The B Square Bulletin. A Hoosier native with a background in math and linguistics, he previously co-founded the Ann Arbor Chronicle with his wife, Mary Morgan.

A sign placed in the flower bed says, "Put a woman in charge." A woman has a megaphone with the word "ACTION" written on it.

Kirkwood Avenue & Walnut Street

There's a sign placed in the flower bed that says, "Put a woman in charge."

A red-tailed hawk is sitting on top of a church steeple.

6th Street & Lincoln Street

There's a red-tailed hawk sitting on top of the First Presbyterian Church steeple.

A person holds a military style rifle in front of a government building. The plaza is made of brick.

Armed protester at Bloomington city hall prompts concerns about street homelessness, comms protocols, security

Late Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 25), on the bricked plaza in front of Bloomington’s city hall, a person with an AR-15-style rifle was passing out flyers for the Rainbow Panther Party with a call to “combat the city’s fascist policies against the unhoused.” The one-person demonstration reportedly lasted a

Editor's Notebook: Building a nest for a B Square relaunch

Editor's Notebook: Building a nest for a B Square relaunch

Yesterday (Feb. 25) marked an important milestone for an eventual relaunch of The B Square Bulletin. The old articles, published in the five and a half years before the shutdown late last year, were transferred to this new publishing platform. The new platform (Ghost) will help The B Square to

UNIT CTL UT Working Max $31,269,905 Under Max by $3,808,497. The figure $3,808,497 is circled in red.

$3.8M less for Monroe County govt in 2025 due to its own mistake, unintentional tax break for property owners

Monroe County government will collect about $3.8 million less in property taxes in 2025 than would have been allowed under state law. That’s due to what has been described to The B Square as a data entry error for the budget numbers that were approved by the seven-member

Jail construction timeline presented to Monroe County councilors

Jail construction timeline presented to Monroe County councilors

A preliminary schedule for the construction of the new Monroe County jail, at the North Park location, was presented on Tuesday (Feb. 25) at the Monroe County council’s regular meeting. Giving the presentation was DLZ Corporation’s Scott Carnegie. DLZ is the design/build consultant for the project. WGS

Five years, one final B Square Bulletin: Thank you!

Five years, one final B Square Bulletin: Thank you!

The final news report by The B Square Bulletin has now been published. Regular coverage by the B Square started in July 2019, which makes for a run of about five and a half years. The choice of now as the ending time has no particular symbolic value. I’m