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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.

Indiana lawmakers talk mental health at Bloomington Chamber event

Indiana lawmakers talk mental health at Bloomington Chamber event

More than 100 people were assembled at The Mill at midday on Friday for the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Legislative Preview. This year’s session of the Indiana legislature started on Jan. 8 and will wrap up by mid-March. Friday’s crowd got to hear four Indiana state

Bloomington city council’s first meeting puts familiar faces in leadership, gives public safety some airtime

Bloomington city council’s first meeting puts familiar faces in leadership, gives public safety some airtime

On Wednesday, the 2024 edition of Bloomington’s city council gathered for the first time at city hall since it was sworn in on New Year’s Day. One of the first orders of business at the council’s first meeting, which is required by state law, was to choose

Elections 2024: First filing day—both Monroe County commissioner races could be contested for Dems

Elections 2024: First filing day—both Monroe County commissioner races could be contested for Dems

Official filings on Wednesday mean that Monroe County voters in the 2024 Democratic Party primary might have choices in both of the county commissioner races that are up for election this year. Previously announced was District 2 county commissioner Julie Thomas’s intent to seek re-election and Peter Iversen’

Man found shot in tent on Bloomington’s westside, police investigating

Man found shot in tent on Bloomington’s westside, police investigating

In a short news release issued on Tuesday evening (Jan. 9), Bloomington’s police department has reported that it is investigating an apparent afternoon shooting. Inside a tent in a wooded area near Wheeler Mission on the west side of town, responding officers found a 52-year-old man with

Column: Will Bloomington’s new city council continue a culture of secrecy or chart a different course?

Column: Will Bloomington’s new city council continue a culture of secrecy or chart a different course?

The Bloomington city council members who were sworn in on Jan. 1 have a chance to chart a course for transparency that could distinguish them from the group who were sworn in four years ago. If the 2024 edition of the city council managed to get through the first two

Appointments: Diekhoff as Bloomington police chief, Kerr as fire chief means reuse of 16-year-old headline

Appointments: Diekhoff as Bloomington police chief, Kerr as fire chief means reuse of 16-year-old headline

In late 2007, Bloomington’s then-chief of police Mike Hostetler was set to retire at the end of the year. Bloomington’s fire chief at the time was Roger Kerr, who was serving as interim chief, to fill the vacancy left by Jeff Barlow, who left for a fire

Center for Recovery rezone request for West 1st Street stems from 2021 Bloomington map change

Center for Recovery rezone request for West 1st Street stems from 2021 Bloomington map change

The Indiana Center for Recovery would like to build two group home facilities in central Bloomington, one on the north side of West 1st Street, and the other on the south side. The facilities would be used for treating patients with substance use disorders and mental and behavioral health conditions.