Dave Askins

At noon on Monday morning, the line of early in-person voters at Election Central in downtown Bloomington still wrapped three-quarters of the way around the block. Standing near the line, on Rogers Street just north of 6th Street, next to a cooler with snacks and bottled water, was

At its meeting last Wednesday, the Bloomington city council’s standing committee on public safety considered an ordinance that would establish a new city commission. The 11-member commission would be called the Community Advisory on Public Safety Commission, which yields CAPS as an acronym. Its goal, according to the

Click to view slideshow. The Little 500 bicycle race is a spring tradition at Indiana University. Complementing the spring race is a fall racing series, which includes a cyclocross event. The women’s races were run Saturday. Men’s races are set for Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. The

Saturday was a milestone for Indiana University student Bayasa Batsaikhan, who’s studying for a masters degree in information systems. BSB: Is this your first time voting? Batsaikhan: It actually is. BSB: First time ever? Batsaikhan: Ever. Batsaikhan cast her first ballot ever on Saturday at Election Central in downtown

At Friday afternoon’s weekly conference of local leaders to talk about COVID-19 response, Bloomington’s mayor, John Hamilton, compared Monroe County to an island. “An island in a sea of troubles is not in a safe spot, with rising waters all around us,” the mayor said. He was

Bloomington’s human rights ordinance, with its prohibition against discrimination based on sexual orientation, won’t get a review by Indiana’s Supreme Court. A deadline has expired with no motion to put the matter in front of the state’s highest court. That means a mid-September ruling by