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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.

Updated: COVID-19 reduces by 4 (was 2) already short Bloomington dispatch staff, police chief says adequate resources still available

Updated: COVID-19 reduces by 4 (was 2) already short Bloomington dispatch staff, police chief says adequate resources still available

[Updated 2:30 p.m Nov. 17, 2020: Shortly after this piece was published on Tuesday afternoon, the city of Bloomington announced that two additional dispatchers, for a total of four, have been diagnosed with COVID-19.] On Monday, the city of Bloomington reported three additional employees had been added

Bloomington redevelopment commission rounds out hospital site with $350K purchase at 2nd & Rogers

Bloomington redevelopment commission rounds out hospital site with $350K purchase at 2nd & Rogers

At its regular Monday meeting, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) voted unanimously to buy a vacant lot at the southeast corner of Rogers and 2nd streets for not more than $350,000. Economic and sustainable development director Alex Crowley told RDC members the lot was not owned by IU Health,

Vote to create new commission on public safety set for Wednesday meeting of Bloomington’s city council

Vote to create new commission on public safety set for Wednesday meeting of Bloomington’s city council

On Wednesday (Nov. 18), Bloomington’s city council will be voting on the question of establishing a new 11-member commission with the name: Community Advisory on Public Safety (CAPS) Commission. The new commission would have the goal to “increase the safety of all Bloomington community members, especially those often

Monroe County provisional ballots resolved, poll worker calls election staff “rock stars”

Monroe County provisional ballots resolved, poll worker calls election staff “rock stars”

Election results were ready in Monroe County on election night on Tuesday, Nov. 3, around 11 p.m. Those initial results will now get altered, possibly by as much as 15 votes either way, which won’t be enough to change the outcome of any races. The tweak to the

Saturday update: Indiana’s 8,427 COVID-19 cases almost 2K more than previous daily high

Saturday update: Indiana’s 8,427 COVID-19 cases almost 2K more than previous daily high

On Saturday, the state of Indiana’s COVID-19 dashboard logged 8,427 new confirmed cases, which was easily a new daily high since the pandemic started. It’s 1,851 more cases than the previous daily high, just two days before. The peak daily confirmed case high during Indiana’

A hen’s tooth grows in Bloomington: Court of appeals agrees to review ruling mid-trial in plan commission seat case

A hen’s tooth grows in Bloomington: Court of appeals agrees to review ruling mid-trial in plan commission seat case

On Friday morning, a three-judge panel from the Indiana court of appeals decided unanimously that it would hear an appeal made in the middle of a trial about the rightful appointee to a Bloomington plan commission seat. The case will decide who serves on Bloomington’s plan commission: Chris

Bloomington city council set to OK new engineering department next week

Bloomington city council set to OK new engineering department next week

On Thursday, the Bloomington city council’s four-member administration committee gave a favorable review to a proposed ordinance by mayor John Hamilton’s administration to establish a new engineering department, outside the current planning and transportation department. At Thursday’s meeting, corporation counsel Philippa Guthrie called the need to