Dave Askins

One dollar is enough to make around 300 gallons of pour out of any residential faucet that’s hooked up to City of Bloomington Utilities (CBU) water. The residential price of $3.69 per 1,000 gallons, like the rest of the city’s water rates, will stay in place

Last Wednesday was the Bloomington city council’s third night in a series of four hearings on the proposed 2021 budget. Appearing on Wednesday’s agenda was the 2021 budget for the parks and recreation department, which again includes the city’s community farmers market. The origin story for the

In a joint press release from Bloomington mayor John Hamilton and Indiana University provost Lauren Robel, it was announced mid-day Friday that the mayor is imposing a 15-person limit on the size of gatherings. That’s smaller than the previous 50-person limit specified in the current health

On Wednesday night, Bloomington Transit general manager Lew May presented his 22nd annual budget to Bloomington’s city council. It was a part of the four-day series of 2021 budget presentations heard by the council this week. The council won’t see a final version of the budget until

Tuesday night’s round of departmental budget hearings in front of Bloomington’s city council featured two of the city’s most basic services: police and fire protection. Together those departments make up 42 percent ($24 million) of the proposed 2021 general fund budget. A highlight from the fire department’

On Monday, details of Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s 2021 proposed budget were released, putting some meat on the bones that were previewed to the media on Friday. Hamilton delivered remarks to the city council on Monday night for the first night of a four-day series of departmental budget