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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.

March 2023 food inspection reports for Monroe County released by health department

March 2023 food inspection reports for Monroe County released by health department

Monroe County’s health department has released the reports for inspections of food service operations that were conducted in March. Just under half of the 88 places that were inspected in March had no violations. Recording at least one non-critical violation, but no critical violations were 17 establishments. Recording at

County commissioners suspend meetings of full justice committee, issue challenge to judges to do work of their new subgroup in public

County commissioners suspend meetings of full justice committee, issue challenge to judges to do work of their new subgroup in public

Monday’s meeting of Monroe County’s community justice response committee (CJRC) was the last one of the full committee—at least for a while. County commissioners voted at their Wednesday work session to “suspend” future CJRC meetings, and instead to form subgroups to focus on specific issues, like judicial

Dem candidates for Bloomington mayor talk economic development with head of Cook Group

Dem candidates for Bloomington mayor talk economic development with head of Cook Group

At a Wednesday morning forum, the three candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination for Bloomington mayor talked with Cook Group president Pete Yonkman about the job of mayor, jobs in general, and economic development. The forum was hosted by the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation at the Monroe Convention Center.

Public bus notebook: Bloomington Transit orders 4 more electric buses, expects delivery in late 2024

Public bus notebook: Bloomington Transit orders 4 more electric buses, expects delivery in late 2024

Four more battery electric buses have been ordered by Bloomington Transit (BT) with a total cost of $4.5 million. Approval of the bus order came at Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting of BT’s five-member board. BT general manager John Connell told the board that the expected delivery of

Movement, but no progress yet, on site selection for new Monroe County jail

Movement, but no progress yet, on site selection for new Monroe County jail

A significant bit of news out of Monday’s meeting of the community justice response committee (CJRC) was an announcement from the public mic by Bloomington’s public engagement director Kaisa Goodman. Goodman told the committee that a tour of some county-owned land south of Catalent had been arranged for

$3M from general fund, with industrial dev heritage, OK’d by Bloomington city council for tech center

$3M from general fund, with industrial dev heritage, OK’d by Bloomington city council for tech center

A 3-story 22,000-square-foot technology center in Bloomington’s Trade’s District got the final piece of its funding approved by the city council at last Wednesday’s meeting. Approved by the city council on Wednesday, with eight of nine votes of support, was a roughly $3-million appropriation from the

2023 Election notebook: Bloomington mayoral candidates have so far raised a combined $327K

2023 Election notebook: Bloomington mayoral candidates have so far raised a combined $327K

Pre-primary campaign finance reports for the May 2 primary election were due on Friday by noon. When added to the year-end reports from 2022, the reports filed by the Democratic Party’s three candidates for mayor of Bloomington show that they have raised a total of about $327,000. If