Dave Askins

At its regular meeting on Monday, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) let four resolutions die that would have approved separate construction contract awards for the Showers West renovation and remodeling project. That does not mean the contracts themselves are dead. It just means that the contracts, which totaled around $12.

In a news release issued on Monday, the Monroe County Democratic Party has announced that former Bloomington mayor John Fernandez will serve as David Henry’s replacement on the county election board. On the three-member board, Fernandez will join the Monroe County Republican Party’s appointment, Judith Benckart, and

On the final agenda item of their final meeting of the year, which marked the end of their four-terms, Bloomington city council members found their way to a unanimous vote on a contentious issue. At last Wednesday’s meeting, the council voted 0–9 on the sale of the

Winning unanimous approval from the seven-member Monroe County council on Tuesday night was the approval of a request from NHanced Semiconductors for a 10-year tax abatement. Based on remarks from NHanced CEO Bob Patti made at Tuesday’s meeting, the company could start semiconductor production in Bloomington by

Responding to a request from the Monroe County Community School Corporation board, this week district superintendent Jeff Hauswald presented a possible plan to merge the attendance areas for two pairs of elementary schools. The idea would be to divide the grades for the bigger attendance areas between the two existing

The now hoped-for timeline for the opening of an expansion to the Monroe Convention Center is fall or winter of 2026. That’s a takeaway from the third meeting of the capital improvement board (CIB) that was created by county commissioners in July. Still pending is the ratification by