Dave Askins

On a 9–0 vote Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council approved a resolution condemning “hate based on racial, social, and cultural bias” and committing to providing “appropriate resources to ensure civil and human rights are protected and afforded to all individuals.” The resolution was sponsored by Jim Sims, the

On Monday night, a committee made up of four city councilmembers and two Bloomington residents met to review requests for funding from 37 social services groups. On Monday, the Jack Hopkins social services funding committee rejected seven of the applications outright, for various reasons. But a significant gap remains between

At a Tuesday afternoon meeting, the food and beverage tax advisory commission (FABTAC) recommended another $200,000 for Monroe County officials to allocate to tourism-related businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. That brings to $400,000 the total recommended by the FABTAC for the county’

I would like to bore you to death with some thoughts on Bloomington’s budget planning for 2021. Before we get to the boring part, I’ll report on a field trip I took on Monday to the south part of town. The banner hanging on the deer fence of

Bloomington’s city council held its 2021 “budget advance” meeting last Wednesday. The meeting is an annual chance for councilmembers to tell the administration what their priorities are for the coming year. Sidewalks, bike lanes, food security, and leaf pickup were among the specific topics that councilmembers discussed. The general

When Bloomington’s mayor, John Hamilton, gave his state of the city address on Feb. 20, just 15 cases of the COVID-19 virus were confirmed nationwide, none of them in the Hoosier state. Now two and a half months later, 1,132 residents of Indiana have died of COVID-