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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.

Column: Hey, buddy, let’s talk trash bin math

Column: Hey, buddy, let’s talk trash bin math

Before the end of the year, Bloomington residents could be looking at an increased price for their trash pickup by the city’s sanitation division. The idea is not just to cover the increased costs for the service. The eventual goal could be to eliminate any general fund support for

Walnut-College study contract OK’d by Bloomington board of works, could tackle two-way question

Walnut-College study contract OK’d by Bloomington board of works, could tackle two-way question

A new conceptual design for College Avenue and Walnut Street—from the 45/46 bypass to Allen Street—is supposed to be delivered to the city of Bloomington by the end of 2023. Allen Street is south of the place where College and Walnut merge into a single street—it’

Early election notebook: Three days of in-person early voting

Early election notebook: Three days of in-person early voting

Through about 1:30 p.m. on Friday, 863 people had cast an early in-person ballot in Monroe County for the Nov. 8 elections. Early in-person voting started on Wednesday morning at Monroe County’s election operations center at 3rd and Walnut streets. For the first week of

Bloomington budget adopted, AFSCME workers get same pay (for now) as last year

Bloomington budget adopted, AFSCME workers get same pay (for now) as last year

On unanimous votes taken on Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council adopted the six separate ordinances that make up the 2023 budget. That meant the council chose not to confront Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s administration in the same way it did last year, when it postponed a vote on

Bloomington plan commission news: State’s highest court declines case on party affiliations for partisan-balanced boards

Chris Cockerham will remain a Bloomington plan commissioner. Andrew Guenther will not be installed to replace him. That’s because Indiana’s Supreme Court gave notice on Tuesday that it will not to hear an appeal that was requested in July by Guenther and former Monroe County Republican Party chair

Hear ye, hear ye: Early voting starts in Monroe County, Indiana

Hear ye, hear ye: Early voting starts in Monroe County, Indiana

At 8 a.m. sharp on Wednesday, Monroe County clerk Nicole Browne opened the door at the new election operations center at 3rd and Walnut streets in downtown Bloomington and proclaimed: “Hear ye, hear ye, the polls are now open!” That’s how in-person early voting started in Monroe

2023 Bloomington budget notebook: Parking cashouts, cop cars

2023 Bloomington budget notebook: Parking cashouts, cop cars

The methods used by city employees to get to work have surfaced in two ways during recent Bloomington city council deliberations on the 2023 budget. First, for city hall employees, mayor John Hamilton has already implemented a parking “cashout” program for the second half of 2022. It’s supposed to