Dave Askins

At their budget work session on Thursday, the third in as many days, Monroe County councilors voted 5–2 to set the salaries for the three county commissioners at $46,000, which is about $10,000 more than they were paid last year. It’s about $14,000 less than

A new official seal for the city of Bloomington could be adopted sometime soon. The new seal would be based on the ubiquitous city logo, which was adopted by a resolution of the city council in 1986. According to the text of the 1986 resolution, the logo was designed by

On Wednesday night at a special meeting, Bloomington’s city council started its deliberations on a proposal to increase the countywide local income tax by a quarter point. The debate will continue on Sept. 16. That amount would take the rate from 1.345 percent to 1.595 percent. The

Responding to a proposal to increase Monroe County’s local income tax by a quarter point, from 1.345 percent to 1.595 percent, the county council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a letter to the Bloomington city council that questions the timing of the move. The county council’

Shortly after noon, Monroe County Community School Corporation used its alert system and Facebook page to confirm that its in-person re-opening plan is on course: Tuesday will start the “code yellow” phase of instruction. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, MCCSC has been operating so far this fall

Mid-morning on Sunday, Bloomington police officers discovered the scene of an apparent triple homicide and suicide, inside a house on the southeast side of the city, according to a news release issued Sunday afternoon. In the news release, Bloomington police department reported that earlier in the day, around 10