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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.

No north option for convention center expansion: CIB won’t negotiate with Bloomington for land

No north option for convention center expansion: CIB won’t negotiate with Bloomington for land

The Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) will not be negotiating with the city of Bloomington on the acquisition of land north of the existing convention center for a planned expansion project. That was the point of an email message sent on Monday (May 13, 2024) to Bloomington corporation council

Monroe County adds 4 jail guard positions, adds security duty, drops age from 21 to 18

Monroe County adds 4 jail guard positions, adds security duty, drops age from 21 to 18

Four new correctional officer positions have been added to the Monroe County jail staff. That move came at the regular Tuesday meeting of the Monroe County council on a unanimous vote. On a separate vote, the council added one duty to the job description for correctional officers. That duty includes

Discontinued: NHanced Semiconductors planned expansion on Bloomington’s west side

Discontinued: NHanced Semiconductors planned expansion on Bloomington’s west side

The planned expansion by NHanced Semiconductors just west of Bloomington’s city limits, has been discontinued. The expansion could have meant 250 new jobs, many of which would have paid around $100,000 a year. The public announcement from the semiconductor firm came at the Monroe County council’s regular

Group home rezone request withdrawn before hearing by Bloomington plan commission

Group home rezone request withdrawn before hearing by Bloomington plan commission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from The Indiana Center for Recovery, to allow construction of some group homes in central Bloomington, has been withdrawn.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