Dave Askins

The current surge in COVID-19 case numbers seems to be past its peak statewide and in Monroe County. But  IU Health south central region president Brian Shockney said on Friday that this one seems to be a little different from previous surges. That’s because hospitalization numbers are decreasing more

Climate action, non-motorized transportation, and police pay are current sticking points between Bloomington’s city council and mayor John Hamilton, as the 2022 city budget process builds towards a mid-October council vote. At their committee-of-the-whole meeting on Wednesday, Bloomington city council members reviewed each of the legislative items that collectively

A rezone petition for a 44-acre piece of land south of Bloomington’s current boundaries was denied on a unanimous vote of the three Monroe County commissioners at their regular Wednesday meeting. The rezoning, from estate residential (RE1) to medium density residential (MR), would have allowed around 125 single-family houses

Despite opposition from mayor John Hamilton’s administration, on Sept. 8, Bloomington’s city council approved a resolution supporting $5,000 more in base pay for police officers. A “resolved” clause in Res 21-27 says in part that the city council “expresses its support for an increase to salaries for

On Monday, reports of Bloomington’s tap water tasting and smelling bad continued to come into the city’s uReport system. One example: “The smell and taste of the water has been absolutely disgusting for at least three weeks. Has the cause been found yet? It makes me nauseated to

A planned water rate increase for Bloomington utilities (CBU) customers will likely be put in place as planned on Jan. 1, 2022. That was the big news out of Monday’s regular meeting of Bloomington’s utilities service board (USB). At Monday’s meeting, CBU director Vic Kelson told the