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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.

Employment notebook: 37 more separations from city of Bloomington in last four months

Employment notebook: 37 more separations from city of Bloomington in last four months

Earlier this year, when Bloomington’s city council deliberated on increasing the local income tax (LIT) paid by all county residents, part of the pitch from the administration included a need to pay city employees more, to stem the tide of their departures. The data provided at the time by

Stopping not slowing: Bloomington neighborhood pushes for all-way stop, traffic commission says no

Stopping not slowing: Bloomington neighborhood pushes for all-way stop, traffic commission says no

Residents who live near the intersection of Maxwell Lane and Sheridan Drive, which is located in a central Bloomington neighborhood, want to be able to walk across Maxwell, without “scurrying” to the other side. As Stephanie Hatton put it, when she addressed Bloomington’s traffic commission on Wednesday night, “We

28-year-old man shot, killed on Bloomington’s north side, police trying to ID suspect

28-year-old man shot, killed on Bloomington’s north side, police trying to ID suspect

In a news release issued early Thursday afternoon, Bloomington police have reported the shooting death of a 28-year-old man who lived in the Kinser Flats apartment building on the city’s north side. The shooting appears to have taken place early Wednesday morning. Bloomington police are asking anyone

Monroe County looking to build new jail in SW Bloomington, $10M real estate deal gets initial OK

Monroe County looking to build new jail in SW Bloomington, $10M real estate deal gets initial OK

If Monroe County builds a new jail, where will it be located? The answer to that question came Wednesday morning. A $10.02 million purchase agreement for an 87-acre piece of land at the northeast corner of I-69 and West Fullerton Pike was approved on a unanimous vote

New Bloomington business: Era Vintage Photos invites downtown visitors to dress up for fun

New Bloomington business: Era Vintage Photos invites downtown visitors to dress up for fun

At 6th and Walnut streets in downtown Bloomington, the storefront next to the old Subway sandwich shop is no longer shuttered. Tuesday was opening day for Cayla Cloke’s new photography-based business called Era Vintage Photos. On Tuesday afternoon, employees Madison Morgan and Rynn Zimmerman sauntered about on the

COVID-19 pandemic notebook: Monroe County now classified as “low” spread

COVID-19 pandemic notebook: Monroe County now classified as “low” spread

The latest COVID-19 map from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows Monroe County, Indiana, as having “low” community spread of the pandemic virus. That comes after the county spent some time a few weeks ago in the “medium” classification, based on the number of new hospital admissions. Monroe

Bloomington city council redistricting notebook: What might have been 10 years ago?

Bloomington city council redistricting notebook: What might have been 10 years ago?

Bloomington’s redistricting advisory commission will meet for a second time on Monday (July 25), in the McCloskey Room at city hall, starting at 7:30 p.m. To preview the commission’s meeting, The B Square took a look back to the council’s work a decade ago, which