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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.

Group home rezone request withdrawn before hearing by Bloomington plan commission

Group home rezone request withdrawn before hearing by Bloomington plan commission

A rezone request from The Indiana Center for Recovery, to allow construction of some group homes in central Bloomington, has been withdrawn. At the first hearing of the ICR petition in February, the planning staff recommendation had been to continue it to the required second hearing. But the staff recommendation

Mother’s Day 2024: Canvassing a hawk’s nest on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus

Mother’s Day 2024: Canvassing a hawk’s nest on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus

On Valentine’s Day this year, The B Square reported the nesting activity of a pair of red-tailed hawks on Indiana University’s campus—in the big Sycamore tree above Bryan Hall. A month later, it looked like the birds had switched things up and were setting up their household

New legislative coordinator position in Bloomington mayor’s office among others OK’d by city council

New legislative coordinator position in Bloomington mayor’s office among others OK’d by city council

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council created three new positions in the office of the mayor and eliminated three existing jobs. Created through an amendment of this year’s salary ordinance were positions with the following titles: special assistant to the mayor, executive office manager, and legislative coordinator.

Critical decisions soon for Monroe Convention Center expansion: site, budget, uses

Critical decisions soon for Monroe Convention Center expansion: site, budget, uses

This week, a possible path forward for the Monroe County convention center expansion project in downtown Bloomington got charted out in a bit more detail. At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) got an update on two separate processes. One is to bring on

Mapping the Dems: 2024 Monroe County commissioner primary election results

Mapping the Dems: 2024 Monroe County commissioner primary election results

In Tuesday’s Democratic Party’s primary to select one nominee for each of two county commissioner seats, two slates formed across the two positions, which among other things shared financial resources, by sending out joint mailings. It was hardly a surprise that the two incumbents—Penny Githens (District 2)

Monroe County 2024 primary winners: Thomas, Madeira, Van Deventer, Munson, Deckard, Henry

Monroe County 2024 primary winners: Thomas, Madeira, Van Deventer, Munson, Deckard, Henry

The unofficial tallies for Monroe County voting in the Tuesday, May 7 primary elections made for the following outcomes in contested local races for respective party nominations: * Incumbent Democrat Julie Thomas over Peter Iversen for District 2 county commissioner; * Democrat Jody Madeira over Steve Volan and incumbent Penny Githens for

Alea iacta est: May 7, 2024 primary election results, served when ready

Alea iacta est: May 7, 2024 primary election results, served when ready

Primary Election Day polls for May 7, 2024 have now closed in Monroe County. The cutoff time was 6 p.m., which made for a 12-hour voting day. But anyone in line by 6 p.m. has to be allowed to cast a ballot. Voters who joined the line just