Dave Askins

Negotiations between Bloomington and its police union, which have lasted the better part of two years, concluded in mid-November with ratification by the union of a new four-year contract. The contract runs through 2022. The agreement and its corresponding salary ordinance appear on the city council’s meeting

[This cartoon was “drawn” about 10 years ago for The Ann Arbor Chronicle. So it’s consistent with the Thanksgiving tradition of leftovers.]

Cued up for the Bloomington city council’s consideration next Tuesday are 20 more amendments to the draft update to the unified development ordinance, which is the city’s basic zoning and development document. They include an amendment sponsored by councilmember Chris Sturbaum for reduction in height limits from 40

The Monroe County council was not expected to discuss the convention center expansion at its Tuesday night work session. A draft resolution on the topic, floated at the council’s meeting two weeks ago, had been pulled from Tuesday’s agenda. But an appearance at the council’s Tuesday’s

[Note: Beacon Benchmark columns are an occasional way for the B Square Beacon’s writer to give readers some regular behind-the-scenes insight into this website, which aims to serve some of the news and information needs of Bloomington, Indiana.] What if news reporters had to write their copy

Bloomington’s mayor, John Hamilton, sent a memo late Monday afternoon to the 19 other city and council elected officials that have been meeting since September to try to re-start the convention center expansion project. The project has been stalled at the preliminary design phase after a nine-member