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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.

Logic and accuracy test done as Monroe County approaches start of early in-person voting on April 4

Logic and accuracy test done as Monroe County approaches start of early in-person voting on April 4

On Friday morning, Monroe County’s election equipment was put through its paces at the old Johnson Hardware building at 7th and Madison streets in downtown Bloomington, aka Election Central. When the tallies were totalled up, from the test decks that had been fed through the three regular ballot scanners

District 6 Bloomington Democrat’s residency: Election board sets May 18 hearing, no subpoenas

District 6 Bloomington Democrat’s residency: Election board sets May 18 hearing, no subpoenas

A hearing on the matter of Democrat David Wolfe Bender’s residency, as a Bloomington city council candidate for District 6, has now been set by Monroe County’s election board for May 18. The three-member board set the date on a unanimous vote taken at its Thursday meeting. The

Convention, visitors notebook: Innkeeper’s tax revenue up, Monroe County preps for 2024 eclipse

Convention, visitors notebook: Innkeeper’s tax revenue up, Monroe County preps for 2024 eclipse

The first meeting of the year for the Monroe County convention and visitors commission (CVC) was relatively upbeat. It was held on Wednesday at the Monroe Convention Center. The revenue report for the county’s five-percent innkeeper’s tax showed a a 55-percent increase for the first two months of

Should stop signs return to Bloomington’s 7-Line bike lane? Traffic commission next to take up question

Should stop signs return to Bloomington’s 7-Line bike lane? Traffic commission next to take up question

When Bloomington’s 7-Line separated bicycle lane was built in 2021, five stop signs for east-west 7th Street traffic were removed, under an ordinance enacted by the city council. The stops for 7th Street traffic at Morton, Lincoln, Washington, Grant, and Dunn streets were removed, but those for the north-south

Community justice notebook: Committee hears site visit reports, vote likely this week on jail architect

Community justice notebook: Committee hears site visit reports, vote likely this week on jail architect

Just after the first of the year, the three Monroe County commissioners made a trip to Arizona to have a look at jail facilities there. The trip came in connection with the work of the community justice response committee (CJRC), which is the group the commissioners established to address the

Bloomington set to pay $1.9 million for NE part of parking lot, planned for convention center expansion

Bloomington set to pay $1.9 million for NE part of parking lot, planned for convention center expansion

In 2019, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) paid $4,995,000 for most of the downtown block that formerly housed the Bunger & Robertson law firm. It was a move that put a significant sum behind the city’s preferred site for the planned expansion of the Monroe Convention Center.

2023 election notebook: First wave of absentee ballots mailed, other fun tidbits

2023 election notebook: First wave of absentee ballots mailed, other fun tidbits

The first live ballots are now headed into the hands of voters in Bloomington’s May 2 municipal primary election. On Thursday and Friday, absentee ballots were sent to the 28 registered voters who have requested them so far. That’s based on the absentee voter list distributed by Monroe