Dave Askins

“Who the hell do you people think you are? You’re not the White House!” That was Dareal Ruble speaking from the public mic at last Wednesday’s meeting of the city council. He was reacting to a resolution on the meeting agenda that called for an immediate end to

Temperatures on Friday night for the Freezefest 2023 Ice Battle were a smidgen warmer than freezing—right around 33 F degrees. The competition unfolded on Upland Brewing’s outdoor stage north of the parking lot off 11th Street. Starting with blank blocks of ice, two teams of ice carvers from

In December, Bloomington’s city council unanimously rejected a rezone request for some land in the southwestern tip of the city, where county commissioners had proposed building a new jail. But planning for the possible construction of a new Monroe County jail continues—as a response to the reports from

Wednesday at noon was the deadline for political campaign committees to file their finance paperwork—the CFA-4. Hitting that deadline were all three declared candidates for mayor of Bloomington: Don Griffin, Susan Sandberg, and Kerry Thomson. Raising the most was Thomson with $92,828. That’s more than three times

A decision on an $8.75-million real estate deal to expand the footprint of city hall inside its existing building has been postponed by Bloomington’s city council. What has been delayed until next week is a decision to approve the Bloomington redevelopment commission’s purchase agreement for the western

The big news out of Bloomington Transit’s (BT’s) regular board meeting on Tuesday was the unanimous adoption of a strategic plan. It was developed with help from consultant Foursquare ITP, under a $100,000 contract. An item on Tuesday’s agenda with a much bigger price tag was