Dave Askins

At around 9:45 p.m. on Friday, the final proposed city budget of Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s service was uploaded to the city’s website. At about $131 million, it’s about 1.5 percent more than the budget approved by the city council for 2023. That figure

On Thursday night, Grammy-award winning artist Molly Tuttle and her band Golden Highway delivered more than an hour and a half of bluegrass bliss in Bloomington’s Switchyard Park. The temperature of 92 F degrees, combined with a relative humidity of around 66 percent, made for a heat index of

The upcoming Nov. 7 local elections include just one contested municipal race—for Bloomington city council District 3—plus a referendum question for Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC). So they’re not expected to present a big logistical challenge for the county’s election division. Still, this year’s

On Tuesday night, Monroe County councilors opened a discussion about next year’s salary increase for county employees. A starting point for that discussion is 6 percent. No decisions were made on Tuesday. The county’s budget process will unfold over the course of a couple of weeks starting Sept.

Community service grants to 38 organizations totaling $160,830 were approved by Monroe County councilors at their Tuesday evening work session. The community service grants, which have been made annually since 2008, are named after a former county councilor, the late Sophia Travis. In past years, councilor Marty Hawk has

At its regular Monday meeting, Bloomington’s five-member redevelopment commission approved a $49,825 agreement with Indiana University’s Public Policy Institute, to help meet state requirements for reporting about the city’s certified technology park (CTP). Bloomington’s CTP is a 65-acre chunk of downtown land located north and