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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.

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

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