Dave Askins

Thursday’s meeting of the Monroe County election board included several updates and briefings, as the board looks ahead to the challenges of the 2024 election cycle. Primary election day falls on May 7 this year. That means early in-person voting starts April 9, which is just 95 days

An encampment where reportedly up to a dozen people were living in the southwest quadrant of Bloomington was cleared Thursday morning by city staff from public works and the community and family resources department (CFRD), with police officers standing by. The land is city-owned property on the northwest corner

Since fall of 2021, temporary banners have served as signage for Inkwell Bakery and Cafe’s second location at Woodlawn and Atwater avenues, on the southwestern edge of Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. Those banners can now be swapped out for permanent signs, based on Wednesday’s action by the

A $375 item for graphics work on a TV ad to promote voting in the 2023 municipal election drew some discussion from Monroe County commissioners at their first regular meeting of 2024 on Wednesday morning. It was not the dollar amount that they were concerned about. Getting the attention of

Starting a few minutes after noon on New Year’s Day in Bloomington’s city hall, the mayor, city clerk, city councilmembers, and the Ellettsville clerk treasurer were sworn into office to start four-year terms. The chambers were packed, including the upper level, leaving some to stand in the

At 10 o’clock sharp, several dozen hearty souls launched themselves from the swimming beach at Lake Monroe Paynetown Recreation Area into the frigid waters of the reservoir. The annual New Year’s Day ritual—when the symbolic grime of the previous 12 months gets washed away by whatever curative