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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.

Seminary Park encampment not yet cleared, chance comes up for 50 more shelter beds

Seminary Park encampment not yet cleared, chance comes up for 50 more shelter beds

Reduced in number but remaining in place on Monday night, was Bloomington’s Seminary Park encampment of people who are experiencing homelessness. The enforcement action, which Bloomington’s city administration had warned would come “on or about Jan. 11” looks like it might be taken about Jan. 11, not exactly

Press release: New strain of COVID-19 in Hoosier state, vaccine dashboard gets daily update

Press release: New strain of COVID-19 in Hoosier state, vaccine dashboard gets daily update

Indiana’s department of health issued a press release just before noon on Monday (Dec. 11) saying that a new strain of COVID-19, previously identified in the United Kingdom, has been found in the state of Indiana. According to the press release, the new strain does not cause more

Column: B Clear bunnies, in case you need a carrot to dive into data

Column: B Clear bunnies, in case you need a carrot to dive into data

Like many cities in America, Bloomington uses its website to offer a pile of municipal data to the public. Bloomington’s data warehouse is branded as B Clear Open Data. When an item appears on the city council agenda, or an issue becomes controversial in the community, it’s always

COVID-19 update: Bloomington city employee cases add up as vaccine rollout starts

COVID-19 update: Bloomington city employee cases add up as vaccine rollout starts

Indiana’s state department of health announced mid-week that people 80 years and older are now eligible to register for an appointment to receive the vaccine. That was the main newsy bit at Friday’s press conference of local leaders about response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to

Seminary Park encampment clearance still on course for “on or about” Jan. 11

Seminary Park encampment clearance still on course for “on or about” Jan. 11

Jan. 11 is still the date when Bloomington is planning to clear an encampment from the area around Seminary Park at 2nd Street and College Avenue, city officials say. Estimates of the number of people who are staying there, reporting that they have no other place to go, vary from

Election board reviews balloting, tees up hearings on electioneering charge, fine for late finance form

Election board reviews balloting, tees up hearings on electioneering charge, fine for late finance form

At its meeting on Thursday, Monroe County’s election board set its next meeting, on Feb. 4, as the time when it will hear charges of electioneering at the polls during early voting. Also at Thursday’s meeting, the board reviewed candidates with delinquent campaign finance forms. Thursday’s board

Contested Bloomington plan commission seat goes to Sandberg

Contested Bloomington plan commission seat goes to Sandberg

On Wednesday at its first meeting of the year, Bloomington’s city council decided on a 5–4 vote that Susan Sandberg, not Isabel Piedmont-Smith, would serve as its appointment to the city plan commission in 2021. It was a night when the council settled on a raft of