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Dave Askins

Dave Askins

Bloomington, Indiana

Dave Askins is editor and publisher of The B Square Bulletin. A Hoosier native with a background in math and linguistics, he previously co-founded the Ann Arbor Chronicle with his wife, Mary Morgan.

Bloomington city council gets first formal look at mayor’s $2.4 M plan to jumpstart recovery in fall 2020, gives positive review but wants more detail

Bloomington city council gets first formal look at mayor’s $2.4 M plan to jumpstart recovery in fall 2020, gives positive review but wants more detail

At a committee-of-the-whole meeting on Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council had several questions for mayor John Hamilton about the initial part of his “Recover Forward” plan. The plan has city government playing a “counter-cyclical” role in the context of the negative economic impact of the

IU adjusts with test-on-arrival approach to fit COVID-19 testing landscape, Monroe County positive cases continue to rise

IU adjusts with test-on-arrival approach to fit COVID-19 testing landscape, Monroe County positive cases continue to rise

Indiana University still wants all students to be tested for COVID-19 before they start classes in the fall. The expectation of universal testing was part an update sent to Indiana University faculty and staff on Friday (July 24). It matched the message from the university’s assistant vice president

Bloomington public buses roll fare-free through COVID-19 towards fall, with Uber as backup plan, same general manager in driver’s seat

Bloomington public buses roll fare-free through COVID-19 towards fall, with Uber as backup plan, same general manager in driver’s seat

Lew May will be staying on board for another year as general manager of Bloomington Transit. The five-member board expressed relief at the news at their meeting on Tuesday night—May has been contemplating retirement. Board member Kent McDaniel said, “We’re lucky to have Lew and I’m

Opinion | Recovering four words: true and equal partnership

Opinion | Recovering four words: true and equal partnership

Bloomington’s mayor, John Hamilton, gave a speech last week on Thursday, released in a Facebook video, that revealed the basic approach the city will take to spur a local recovery from the economic impact of COVID-19. It’s a program the mayor is calling “Recovering Forward.” The speech

Press release: BPD investigates Wednesday night shooting as homicide

Press release: BPD investigates Wednesday night shooting as homicide

City of Bloomington police detectives are trying to locate possible witnesses to a late Wednesday night shooting that left a 28-year-old man lying in a pool of blood in the parking lot of an apartment complex on the south side of town, according to a press release. According

Indiana’s COVID-19 testing capacity could fall short of prescribed back-to-college needs

Indiana’s COVID-19 testing capacity could fall short of prescribed back-to-college needs

On Wednesday, an Indiana State Department of Health spokesperson responded to a question about COVID-19 testing capacity in the state by telling The Square Beacon: “Indiana currently is experiencing a shortage of reagents, the materials used to analyze the specimens.” That came in response to a question about any

Building “culture of compliance” preferred to punishments for Bloomington’s triple layer of COVID-19 health orders

Building “culture of compliance” preferred to punishments for Bloomington’s triple layer of COVID-19 health orders

The major COVID-19 news across the state of Indiana on Wednesday came at governor Eric Holcomb’s mid-afternoon press conference. Holcomb announced a statewide mandate for wearing face coverings to prevent the spread of the virus. The governor’s order is to be issued Thursday, and is supposed