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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.

2023 Bloomington primary: Black Lives Matter B-town assesses Democratic Party candidates

2023 Bloomington primary: Black Lives Matter B-town assesses Democratic Party candidates

Early Saturday (April 15), Black Lives Matter B-town released its assessment of Democratic Party city primary candidates who responded to a survey that included 10 questions for all candidates and two questions just for mayoral or city council candidates. Sent the questionnaire were Democratic Party primary candidates for Bloomington mayor,

Bloomington police investigate Thursday night shooting, one woman hospitalized

Bloomington police investigate Thursday night shooting, one woman hospitalized

Bloomington police are investigating a Thursday night (April 13, 2023) shooting towards the northwest side of town, in the general vicinity of Maple Street, between 15th and 17th streets. According to the news release from the Bloomington police department (BPD), around 10:20 p.m. on Thursday night, a 45-year-old

Bloomington city council jammed up on issue of traffic commissioner’s ouster, still no vote taken

Bloomington city council jammed up on issue of traffic commissioner’s ouster, still no vote taken

An expected up-down vote on the question of Greg Alexander’s removal from Bloomington’s traffic commission did not take place at Wednesday night’s city council meeting. The motion for Alexander’s removal—because of Tweets he posted late last year—had been postponed from the council’s March

Stop signs reinstalled at 7th & Dunn in Bloomington

Stop signs reinstalled at 7th & Dunn in Bloomington

Around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, a yellow-vested crew from the street division of Bloomington’s department of public works started drilling holes to reinstall stop signs for 7th Street traffic at Dunn Street. The work was finished by around 3 p.m. That makes the intersection at Dunn and

Soft jabs from Bloomington mayoral candidates at forum on the arts

Soft jabs from Bloomington mayoral candidates at forum on the arts

On Tuesday night, The Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington held a forum for the Democratic Party’s candidates for Bloomington mayor. All three mayoral hopefuls somewhat predictably expressed support for the arts. Seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for mayor of Bloomington are: Don Griffin, Susan Sandberg and Kerry Thomson.

8-story student apartment building on North Walnut OK’d by Bloomington plan commission

8-story student apartment building on North Walnut OK’d by Bloomington plan commission

At its Monday meeting, Bloomington’s nine-member plan commission gave unanimous approval to an 8-story apartment building to be built at the site of the former Great Wall restaurant on North Walnut street. The 172 apartments will include a total of 463 bedrooms, with the following breakdown: 19 studios, 5

Bloomington mayoral candidate forum: Sharp difference in perspectives on crime, city-county relations

Bloomington mayoral candidate forum: Sharp difference in perspectives on crime, city-county relations

At a forum for mayoral candidates hosted on Monday night by the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, not a lot of new, additional daylight emerged between the three candidates as far as their known policy positions. But a sharp difference in perspective emerged in response to a couple of the