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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.

Coin toss settles tie in precinct chair election for Democrats: Alessia Modjarrad

Coin toss settles tie in precinct chair election for Democrats: Alessia Modjarrad

Alessia Modjarrad will be the new precinct chair for the Bloomington 23 precinct, a predominantly university student area on the north side of town. That was the outcome of a coin flip on Friday afternoon, which settled a tie between Modjarrad and Karen Granger in Tuesday’s elections. Presiding over

Scanning, digitization project underway in Monroe County recorder’s office

Scanning, digitization project underway in Monroe County recorder’s office

A crew from US Imaging has set up a digital scanning operation in the Monroe County recorder’s office. Their three-week mission, onsite at the county courthouse, is to scan the county’s whole collection of older deeds, back to 1817, as well as miscellaneous records. The images will then

Bloomington city council enacts 0.69-point tax increase for Monroe County residents on 9–0 vote

Bloomington city council enacts 0.69-point tax increase for Monroe County residents on 9–0 vote

On Wednesday night, Bloomington’s mayor John Hamilton did not get the full 0.855-point local income tax (LIT) increase he had asked Bloomington’s city council to approve. But the council did approve a 0.69-point increase, which will generate around $14.5 million annually in new revenue for

Photo: Draft SCOTUS opinion on abortion draws courthouse square demonstration

Photo: Draft SCOTUS opinion on abortion draws courthouse square demonstration

A bit after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, at least 30 Bloomington area residents gathered on the southeast corner of the downtown courthouse square, to demonstrate their support of a legal right for women to choose an abortion. Prompting Tuesday’s demonstration was a leaked draft of a US Supreme

Final unofficial Monroe County results: Salzmann (judge); Marté (sheriff); Jones (commissioner); Swain (recorder)

Final unofficial Monroe County results: Salzmann (judge); Marté (sheriff); Jones (commissioner); Swain (recorder)

The final unofficial results, with all 84 precincts counted, are in for Monroe County primary election races for 2022. In the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for circuit court judge, Emily Salzmann led the four-person field with 3,073 (34.9 percent) of the 8,813 votes that

2022 Monroe County primary election results: As available [final unofficial]

2022 Monroe County primary election results: As available [final unofficial]

The B Square is on site at Election Central at the corner of 7th and Madison streets in downtown Bloomington where the 28 duffel bags from each of today’s polling locations will be deposited by a bipartisan team of poll workers. The polls closed at 6 p.m. Monroe

May 3, 2022: Polls now open in Monroe County

May 3, 2022: Polls now open in Monroe County

At 6 a.m. sharp on Tuesday, a Monroe County election worker opened the door from inside the blue building at the corner of 3rd and Walnut streets: “The polls are now open! Come on in!” [raw audio of polls opening announcement] No voters were standing in line at the