Dave Askins

After months of disagreement between city and county officials, in the last couple weeks, the choice of governance for the $59-million expansion of Monroe County’s convention center has settled on the formation of a capital improvement board (CIB). A CIB is enabled under the state statute as an

Bloomington’s city council voted 9-0 on Wednesday night to approve an update to its unified development ordinance (UDO), which is the basic zoning and land use document for the city. The vote came after a half dozen additional amendments and an unsuccessful bid by councilmember Steve Volan to

On Wednesday, at it its final meeting of the year, Bloomington’s city council extended the requirements of its local “living wage” ordinance to seasonal workers who are employed by the city’s parks department. Employers in Bloomington aren’t generally required to pay the living wage, which is set

Two years and five days ago, Monroe County commissioners councilors voted 4–3 to enact a 1-percent food and beverage tax. The convention center expansion, which the tax is supposed pay for, will need to wait a few more weeks to get a governance structure. Monroe County commissioners voted

When the 1940 U.S. census was taken in Bloomington, Indiana, the enumerator who visited 935 W. 7th Street took down the information about the residents of the house from Ada Deal, a 40-year-old Black woman. She was born in Kentucky, like her husband, Maceo, who was one

Based on discussion at a meeting of Bloomington and Monroe County officials last Thursday (Dec. 12), a capital improvement board could be established as soon as this Wednesday to provide governance for an expanded convention center. Thursday morning’s meeting of the county council and the county commission was attended