Dave Askins

Work on downtown alleys in Bloomington continued this past week after a crew from E & B Paving moved the operation east from the block between College Avenue and Walnut Street, just north of the county courthouse. The project is focusing on alleys between 6th and 7th Street, between College

The tally of early voters in Monroe County on Friday was 1,199. That was the fourth day in a row that set a new daily high. Early voting started last week on Tuesday (Oct. 6). Over the first nine days, 8,954 ballots have been cast. That’s an

On Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city budget got just seven votes of support from the nine-member city council. In the approved budget, general fund expenditures for 2021 decreased to around $95 million, from around $99 million in 2020. Nothing significant changed from the time the budget was first proposed

On Wednesday afternoon, at a joint session of Monroe County’s board of commissioners and the county plan commission, both bodies voted separately to agree to a settlement of a lawsuit against William and Nicole Huff and the Huffs’ counterclaim against the county. The county’s lawsuit was filed in

Bloomington is adding around 150 more spaces to its on-street pay-to-park system, according to a news release. That addition bumps by about 10 percent the number of on-street parking spaces where an hourly rate is charged. The city currently has about 1,500 parking meters, which

On Monday night, a project that would replace the predominantly student-rented Brownstone Terrace with a larger student-oriented development called The Standard got a unanimous recommendation of approval from Bloomington’s plan commission. The specific request was for a rezoning. That’s why it now requires approval by Bloomington’