Dave Askins

Bloomington Transit’s 2024 budget, as adopted by the board at its meeting last Tuesday, is about $280,000 more than the draft presented a month ago by BT general manager John Connell. At around $26.6 million, it’s still less than this year’s $35-million budget, which included

Monroe County’s health department has released the reports for inspections of food service operations that were conducted in July 2023. About 60 percent (52) of the 88 places that were inspected in July 2023 had no violations. Recording at least one non-critical violation, but no critical violations were 10

Board of public works Board of park commissioners On Tuesday, Bloomington’s board of public works passed a resolution asking that the city council enact an ordinance that will keep the public right-of-way clear of tents or belongings. It’s not clear when or if the city council will follow

Starting on Sept. 1, Bloomington residents who feed deer could face a fine of $50. Under the ordinance that was approved by Bloomington’s city council on Wednesday night, if someone is found feeding deer a second time, within a year of the first offense, the fine doubles to $100.

Around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, about two dozen members of the public crammed into the McCloskey conference room at city hall. They were there to hear the deliberations of the city’s bicycle and pedestrian safety commission (BPSC) on the Hawthorne-Weatherstone greenway project. Most were also there to

Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s administration wants to put a law on the books that prohibits camping or storing personal belongings in the public right-of-way. To that end, at its Tuesday meeting, Bloomington’s three-member board of public works will consider a resolution that asks the city council to consider