Dave Askins

The impact of Indiana governor Eric Holcomb’s initial stay-at-home order, which was effective starting March 25, is starting to show up in food and beverage tax revenue reports for Monroe County. In the April report delivered to food and beverage tax advisory commission (FABTAC) members at their

In-person early voting in Monroe County starts at 8 a.m. Tuesday at Election Central in downtown Bloomington. The week of early in-person voting, leading up to election day on June 2, will take place in the middle of a declared health emergency. It was enacted to prevent

At its meeting last Thursday, Bloomington’s Jack Hopkins social services funding committee settled on a total of $318,795 in funding for requests from 24 different nonprofits. The formal hearing and announcement of the grant awards is scheduled for May 28. The committee started the process a few weeks

According to Monroe County election supervisor Karen Wheeler, 17,997 absentee ballots had been sent out to voters as of Friday and 6,517 of them received by her office. When The Square Beacon touched base with Wheeler on Saturday morning, she said about 5,000 more ballots still need

Bloomington’s city hall, closed to the public since the third week of March, will re-open in a limited way next Tuesday, the day after Memorial Day. The city’s mayor, John Hamilton, gave a reminder about the limited re-opening at Friday afternoon’s weekly press conference. Local

At its regular meeting Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council voted to approve an appropriation ordinance that includes, among other things, a reclassification of funds to pay for a repaving of College Mall Road. The project, which extends between 3rd Street and Moores Pike, is planned for later this summer.