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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.

Two years of Bloomington city council votes or: Local government, how lovely are thy branches!

Two years of Bloomington city council votes or: Local government, how lovely are thy branches!

If you had to hang nine red globes on a Christmas tree, one for each Bloomington city councilmember, how would you approach that task? What if you had to make the distance between councilmembers on the tree show how close they are politically—at least when it comes to their

4th Street parking garage update: Public art wrapped up, security firm hired for overnight patrols

4th Street parking garage update: Public art wrapped up, security firm hired for overnight patrols

By mid-afternoon on Thursday, workers had completed the installation of the colorful quilt-patterned panels on three sides of the new 4th Street parking garage in downtown Bloomington. As they were packing up their gear, the crew from Ignition Arts, which did the fabrication and installation of the piece, told The

Pandemic notebook: Monroe County racks up 100 cases for one day in last update before Christmas

Pandemic notebook: Monroe County racks up 100 cases for one day in last update before Christmas

Indiana’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 100 positive cases for Monroe County on Tuesday, Dec. 21. That’s the highest daily total the county has seen since early January. It’s the 19th time Monroe County has hit triple digits for a day, since the county’s first positive case was

No salary change for Monroe County commissioners, as added increase fails on 0–5–1 vote by council

No salary change for Monroe County commissioners, as added increase fails on 0–5–1 vote by council

On Tuesday night, Monroe county councilors stood by the compensation for the three county commissioners that they had already approved on the last day of November as a part of the 2022 salary ordinance. The already-adopted salary ordinance for 2022 specifies $48,886 for each of the three commissioners, which

Multimodal update: Total right-of-way acquisition costs for 2 Bloomington paths drop by $1.4M

Multimodal update: Total right-of-way acquisition costs for 2 Bloomington paths drop by $1.4M

On Monday, two multimodal paths that make connections in the north part of town got a greenlight for their next phases: the acquisition of right-of-way from owners of property along the routes. In this context, “multimodal” means the facility is engineered for pedestrians and bicyclists. The approvals from the Bloomington

Election board says yes to former NAPA building for some functions, details like security to follow

Election board says yes to former NAPA building for some functions, details like security to follow

At a joint meeting of the Monroe County election board and county commissioners on Monday, election board members voted 3-0 to accept the use of the former NAPA auto parts building at 3rd and Walnut streets for some election functions. The motion also included the acceptance of the north end

First Black woman chosen by Monroe County Dems for council: “Yes, I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams.”

First Black woman chosen by Monroe County Dems for council: “Yes, I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams.”

Jennifer Crossley was chosen at Sunday afternoon’s Democratic Party caucus to fill the vacant seat on the seven-member Monroe County council. That means she’ll be stepping down as chair of the Monroe County Dems. Instead of Crossley, presiding over the caucus proceedings on Sunday was party vice chair