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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.

Bloomington city council to consider resolution on proposed $104K salary for city clerk

Bloomington city council to consider resolution on proposed $104K salary for city clerk

Cued up on the Bloomington city council’s meeting agenda for Wednesday (Sept. 6), is one item for a final vote. It’s a resolution that expresses the council’s intent to set the elected city clerk’s salary for 2024 at $104,089, which would be a significant increase.

Six now to pick a seventh: Appointments to CIB for Monroe Convention Center expansion nearly done

Six now to pick a seventh: Appointments to CIB for Monroe Convention Center expansion nearly done

In a news release issued at the end of the day on Friday, Mick Renneisen and Adam Thies were announced as Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s two appointments to the seven-member capital improvement board (CIB). The CIB will govern the expansion of the Monroe Convention Center. The CIB was created

Judge says key ruling in Bloomington annexation case will come on Sept. 5

Judge says key ruling in Bloomington annexation case will come on Sept. 5

After hearing oral arguments for a little more than one hour on Friday morning, judge Nathan Nikirk told attorneys for annexation remonstrators, and for the city of Bloomington, that he’d take their arguments under advisement. Then he told them he would issue a ruling next Tuesday, the day after

Bloomington city council wants its meeting space ‘hardened’ against safety threats

Bloomington city council wants its meeting space ‘hardened’ against safety threats

Thursday night marked the final round of departmental budget hearings for Bloomington’s city council. Mayor John Hamilton was present in person to hear calls from several councilmembers to add security enhancements to the city council chambers. That would likely mean adding money to the proposed 2024 budget for the

Next steps taken for Thomson PUD as potential site of new Monroe County jail

Next steps taken for Thomson PUD as potential site of new Monroe County jail

The consensus was pretty clear among county officials who met on Tuesday at the county courthouse: They want to take steps towards making the Thomson PUD the site of the county’s new correctional facility. The Thomson PUD is the county-owned property west of Rogers Street and south of Catalent.

Monroe County shifts local income tax rate by a smidgen, frees up money for jail health services

Monroe County shifts local income tax rate by a smidgen, frees up money for jail health services

On Tuesday night, Monroe County councilors enacted a change to local income tax rates that will not result in more money collected from taxpayers. That’s because the only change is to shift one tax rate to another. But the impact of that shift will give the county about $425,

Councilmembers talk salary boost for Bloomington clerk, council admin, and council itself

Councilmembers talk salary boost for Bloomington clerk, council admin, and council itself

On the first night of Bloomington’s 2024 departmental budget hearings, Bloomington’s elected city clerk Nicole Bolden opened her presentation like this: “I’m going to start with the very big elephant in the room: This is not the budget proposal that I wanted to make to the council