Dave Askins

Friday at noon was the deadline for declaration of a candidacy for local office in a major party primary this year. When the deadline passed, the filings in Monroe County added up to four contested primary races—three for the Democrats and one for Republicans. The primary election falls on

On Thursday, a big event in Bloomington’s years-long effort to annex more territory into the city was canceled. Not taking place as scheduled was an 11 a.m. hearing at the Monroe County justice center, on a motion for summary judgment in a constitutional challenge that was filed by

A 12.8-acre property about 12 miles north of Bloomington, that was previously home to the hydroponic business called Worm’s Way, will remain an agriculture/rural reserve (AG/RR) zoning district under Monroe County’s code. That’s because the three-member board of county commissioners on Wednesday morning, denied

At its Monday meeting, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) approved a $12,100 bump to the previously approved $353,052 contract with Renascent for the demolition of 10 buildings on the south side of 1st Street. The demolition work, which is supposed to start Friday (Feb. 9) according to a

At a meeting attended by Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson, the city’s redevelopment commission (RDC) voted unanimously (with one recusal) on Monday to reject all the construction bids for the Showers West renovation project. The resolution was added to the RDC agenda late Friday. The resolution stated that the bids

Monroe County’s vote center study committee is moving ahead on the assumption that current polling locations, which are precinct-based for voter eligibility, would all be converted to vote centers. The idea that the committee would not pursue the merger of existing polls into fewer vote center locations was the