Dave Askins

The Democratic Party’s May 2 primary election for city council District 2 is a choice between Kate Rosenbarger and Sue Sgambelluri. There is no Republican candidate in District 2. This write-up provides specific background on the District 2 city council primary race as well as general background. April 20

At Thursday’s meeting of the Monroe County election board, county clerk Nicole Browne delivered an update on early in-person voting for the May 2 primary election, which started on Tuesday. As of 11:45 a.m. on Thursday (April 6), 134 voters had cast a ballot in person at

“Will your administration end the policy that individual homeowners have to pay for sidewalk repair?” That was the final question asked at a March 30 forum for Bloomington mayoral hopefuls. Moderating the forum was Paul Helmke, who was a three-term mayor of Fort Wayne, and is a professor of practice

In a letter received by Monroe County’s legal department on Thursday (April 6), David Wolfe Bender says he does not plan to resign as the Democratic Party’s nominee for Bloomington’s District 6 city council seat after the May 2 primary. That’s a course reversal for the

At a work session held on Wednesday, Monroe County commissioners and chief sheriff’s deputy Phil Parker did not mince words when they took up the topic of transparency in connection with the selection of DLZ as the design-build firm for a new county jail. Making a recommendation for DLZ,

At its Tuesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved the appropriation of $391,906—to address substance abuse, outreach to the houseless community, and other programs to be determined by the city’s community and family resources department (CFRD). The money came from the proceeds of a global settlement in