Dave Askins

At 6 a.m. sharp came the announcement from the front door of Monroe County’s election operations building at 3rd and Walnut streets: “Hear ye, hear ye, the polls are now open!” Such an announcement is a requirement of Indiana state election law. Standing in line when the door

In Monroe County, Indiana, the final tally for early in-person voting in the Nov. 5, 2024 election is 30,625. That’s about 13 percent better than the 27,024 voters who cast a ballot early in person in 2016. There are about 95,000 registered voters in Monroe County.

Sunday night was the 11th week in a row for a 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 the

Appearing on the Monday meeting agenda for Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) is a $1.2-million land deal in the Trades District, north of city hall. Under the terms of the agreement, Alluinn IU Trades District Hotel, LLC would pay $1.2 million for the land—which are parcels included

At 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, under clear skies and a temperature of 37 F degrees, a line of voters stretched from the door of the Monroe County election operations building at 3rd and Walnut streets, around the building, down 3rd Street, nearly to College Avenue. At 9 a.

Last Wednesday (Oct. 23), the final project definition (aka schematic design)  for the expansion of the Monroe Convention Center was approved unanimously by the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB). The CIB’s approval will allow the architect, Schmidt Associates, to begin the actual design phase of the project. The