Dave Askins

On Saturday morning, state legislators who represent parts of Monroe County appeared at Bloomington’s city hall to give constituents an update on this year’s session and to field questions from the 40 or so people who showed up. The first question invited legislators to “foretell the future” of

This past week’s candidate filings for offices of local interest brought the total of confirmed contested races in the Democratic Party’s primary elections to three. Declaring her candidacy on Friday for the state senate’s District 40 seat was former Monroe County councilor Shelli Yoder. She joins the

Bloomington’s uReport system for resident complaints features this item from mid-July last year: “When will the city start removing this debris?” It was a mordant reference to the “pile of scooters” blocking the 6th Street sidewalk in front of the public library. Complaints and comments about scooters have

On Wednesday night, the Bloomington city council’s committee of the whole voted 0–8 on a recommendation to adopt a new non-consensual towing ordinance . That doesn’t kill the legislation. But the implication of the 0–8 tally is that the council is almost certain to postpone consideration

On Tuesday, Bloomington filed its latest brief with the Monroe County circuit court in its attempt to use eminent domain to acquire the 222 S. Walnut building that houses Juan Carlos Carrasquel’s real estate business. The city wants to use the lot where the 222 Hats building stands, just

Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting of the Bloomington Transit (BT) board delivered a bright spot of news. The 3.16 million rides taken on fixed route buses in 2019 reflect a 1.75-percent increase over the total from 2018. As BT general manager Lew May noted, it’s the