Dave Askins

Bloomington’s five-person redistricting commission is scheduled to meet for a fourth time this coming week on Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. At the Aug. 31 meeting, it looks like the commission might be considering just one proposed map of new common council (aka city council) districts.

In more than a year since Bloomington mayor John Hamilton signed revisions to the city’s unified development ordinance (UDO) into law, just one application to construct a duplex as a conditional use has been heard by the city’s board of zoning appeals (BZA). The BZA’s approval of

A department-by-department breakdown of Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s proposed 2023 budget was released on Friday. Still missing from the release are memos from city controller Jeff Underwood and human resources department head Caroline Shaw, which are supposed to include an overview of city-wide finances and salary/benefits. Those memos

On Thursday, the partial demolition got started for the Johnson’s Creamery smokestack, located off the B-Line Trail and 7th Street. Two workers in a metal cage suspended from a crane first removed the topmost metal reinforcement band from around the stack, which they lowered to the ground. With the

Community service grants to 25 organizations totaling $151,220 were approved by Monroe County councilors at their Tuesday evening work session. The community service grants, which have been made annually since 2008, are named after a former county councilor, the late Sophia Travis. This year’s total figure is about

Bloomington Transit’s board of directors has adopted a $35-million budget for 2023, which is more than double the figure for 2022. Action to adopt the budget came at the board’s regular monthly meeting on Tuesday. The big increase is fueled by revenues that include $20.2 million in