Dave Askins

Thanksgiving marked roughly the halfway point in the 90-day window for remonstrance petitions to be filed against Bloomington’s planned annexations. That means the Jan. 6, 2022 deadline for remonstration against Bloomington’s annexations is now on the near horizon. In the next couple of weeks, many of the multi-signature

Monroe County has seen a doubling in the rolling average of COVID-19 confirmed positive cases from the third week in October through most of November. On Oct. 23 the number was about 19, which has climbed to an average of about 38 cases a day on Nov. 23. That’s

[This cartoon was “drawn” about 10 years ago. It’s been re-run several times, in the spirit of Thanksgiving leftovers.]

At Tuesday’s meeting of Bloomington’s board of public works, three change orders were approved for the 7-Line project. The increases in the approved expenditures, which totaled around $30,000, signaled that the final touches are being put on the $2.6 million protected bicycle lane for 7th Street.

According to the city of Bloomington, soil samples taken from properties where debris fell after the Nov. 5 controlled burning of a house at 1213 High Street do not show lead levels that are “actionable.” The debris included flakes of lead-based paint that coated the siding of the house. The

When Bloomington’s city council enacted an ordinance regulating shared electric scooters, the local law came with a provision about sidewalk parking. Users could park their scooters on sidewalks, but with more than a dozen restrictions. Among the restrictions are some obvious requirements—like the need to leave a clear