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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 mayor renews call for local income tax increase, reduces ask from 0.5 percentage points to 0.25; says 2021 budget for sworn police officers will decrease

Bloomington mayor renews call for local income tax increase, reduces ask from 0.5 percentage points to 0.25; says 2021 budget for sworn police officers will decrease

Bloomington’s mayor John Hamilton has renewed his call, made at the start of the year, for the Bloomington city council to increase the local income tax. Such a tax would apply to all residents of Monroe County. The additional revenue from the income tax would still go towards climate

Monroe County prosecutor now “actively reviewing” evidence in July 4 Lake Monroe case

Monroe County prosecutor now “actively reviewing” evidence in July 4 Lake Monroe case

Monroe County prosecutor Erika Oliphant has now received the investigative reports from Indiana Department of Natural resources about a case described in a press release late Wednesday afternoon as “an incident that took place in the forest near Lake Monroe on July 4, 2020.” Ten days earlier, Bloomington activist Vauhxx

2 extra stories, less parking OK’d by Bloomington plan commission for 110-bedroom development at 3rd & Grant

2 extra stories, less parking OK’d by Bloomington plan commission for 110-bedroom development at 3rd & Grant

A two-building project proposed by The Annex Group (formerly Annex Student Living) at 3rd and Grant streets got unanimous approval from Bloomington’s plan commission on Monday night. The two buildings are planned to face each other across Grant Street. The total number of bedrooms in the two buildings

Monroe County tax abatement is $240K of enthusiasm for company that brings attention to curb

Monroe County tax abatement is $240K of enthusiasm for company that brings attention to curb

Georgia-based Proveli, LLC now has final approval for a tax abatement from Monroe County that’s worth an estimated $240,000 over a 10-year period. The tax abatement is for both real and personal property at the site west of Bloomington on Vernal Pike, where the road jogs

5th Bloomington city employee confirmed positive for COVID-19 since start of pandemic

5th Bloomington city employee confirmed positive for COVID-19 since start of pandemic

There’s been a recent surge of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Monroe County over the last few days. One of them was a city of Bloomington utilities (CBU) employee, according to a press release issued on Tuesday afternoon. According to the press release, the CBU employee “rarely interacts

No word from prosecutor: July 4 Lake Monroe incident involving Bloomington activist gets tried in court of public opinion

No word from prosecutor: July 4 Lake Monroe incident involving Bloomington activist gets tried in court of public opinion

As of early Tuesday morning, there was still no word from the Monroe County prosecutor’s office on possible charges arising from an incident that took place at Lake Monroe on July 4. In a Facebook post the following day, local activist and Monroe County human rights commissioner, Vauhxx Booker,

77 more Bloomington bedrooms: Johnson’s Creamery downtown residential project gets plan commission OK

77 more Bloomington bedrooms: Johnson’s Creamery downtown residential project gets plan commission OK

A new mixed-use building just off the B-Line Trail to the north of the Johnson’s Creamery building—with its landmark smokestack—got a 9–0 approval from Bloomington’s plan commission Monday night. The five-story building will include 27 studio, 22 one-bedroom, 5 two-bedroom,