Dave Askins

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’

On Monday night, Scott Robinson was confirmed by the city plan commission as director of a Bloomington city department that, for the time being at least, is called the planning and transportation department. The unanimous vote by plan commissioners came after a rare appearance by the mayor at a plan