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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.

Pandemic puts new bus route optimization plan on hold, with possible stopgap alternative for service to new hospital

Pandemic puts new bus route optimization plan on hold, with possible stopgap alternative for service to new hospital

Bloomington Transit’s new route optimization plan now seems like a long shot to be implemented before the end of the year. That’s based on discussion by BT board members with general manager Lew May at their monthly meeting on Tuesday. The route optimization plan, with increased frequency on

Updated: Travel WARNING | Bloomington trash pickup, COVID testing and vaccination clinics impacted by snow

Updated: Travel WARNING | Bloomington trash pickup, COVID testing and vaccination clinics impacted by snow

[Updated at 5:34 p.m. on Feb. 15, 2021] Monroe County’s emergency management director Allison Moore has issued a statement announcing that the county is now under a travel warning due to the snowy weather conditions. A warning means that travel is can be restricted to emergency workers

Bloomington design element requirements for residential buildings could be abolished by state legislature

Bloomington design element requirements for residential buildings could be abolished by state legislature

A state house bill that could have a potential impact on Bloomington’s zoning code is making its way through the state house. In early February, on an 8–5 vote, HB 1114 was passed out of the committee on government and regulatory reform. The key sentence of HB 1114

Proposed Bloomington law to protect houseless encampments to get first reading on Feb. 17

Proposed Bloomington law to protect houseless encampments to get first reading on Feb. 17

A new local law that would provide certain protections to people living in city park encampments will get a first reading in front of Bloomington’s city council on Wednesday (Feb. 17). That’s two weeks later than the Feb. 3 first-reading date that had initially been floated by

Case of disputed Bloomington plan commission seat gets final papers filed, now wait begins on court of appeals

Case of disputed Bloomington plan commission seat gets final papers filed, now wait begins on court of appeals

On Friday morning, the city of Bloomington filed its last brief with the state’s court of appeals, in the case that will decide who has the rightful claim to a Bloomington city plan commission seat. Is it Chris Cockerham, the appointment made in summer 2020 by Bloomington’s mayor,

Monroe County, Bloomington officials say: Get COVID-19 vaccine when it’s your turn

Monroe County, Bloomington officials say: Get COVID-19 vaccine when it’s your turn

In the state of Indiana and Monroe County, the COVID-19 pandemic numbers continue to slide down the other side of the peaks that were climbed starting in mid- to late-October of 2020. The most recent rolling 7-day daily averages for Indiana deaths (19), hospitalizations (1,274), confirmed

Bloomington rezoning proposal gets less dense before start to formal hearings on March 8

Bloomington rezoning proposal gets less dense before start to formal hearings on March 8

Bloomington’s planning and transportation department announced late Thursday afternoon that a citywide zone map revision will start formal hearings in front of the city plan commission on March 8. Also a part of the formal hearings will be text amendments to the unified development ordinance (UDO) that alter the