Dave Askins

Indiana University is sticking with its policy of vaccinations for students, faculty and university staff with the start of the fall 2021 semester, but has relented on its demand for documentation. Instead of demanding proof, IU is now trying a gentler approach—a drawing for prizes for IU affiliates who

At its meeting last Thursday, Monroe County’s three-person election board got an update on the state election division’s effort to update voter registration rolls, with a postcard mailing. Registered voters should have received a postcard mailing in late May, confirming their registration to vote at the address where

In 1914, a new building for Bloomington high school was constructed where Seminary Park now sits, between Walnut and College, on 2nd Street. It’s the same year when Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” was published, with its proverbial line from the storyteller’s adjacent landowner: “Good fences make

A decision on a proposed new local law that would require landlords and tenants to sign occupancy affidavits, and file them with the housing and neighborhood development (HAND) department, has been postponed by Bloomington’s city council until June 16. The unanimous vote to postpone final action came after public

In mid-February, Bloomington’s mayor, John Hamilton, and chief of police, Mike Diekhoff, among others, appeared at a press conference to present the city’s annual public safety report. The event was framed by Hamilton like this: “By sharing public data about the full range of public safety issues, we

Bloomington’s proposed annexation plan will be getting scrutiny from a financial consultant hired by Monroe County. At their weekly meeting on Wednesday, county commissioners approved an agreement with Baker Tilly US, for “review and analysis of the city of Bloomington’s annexation fiscal plan.” The not-to-exceed amount for Baker