Dave Askins

The Bloomington plan commission’s already-started review of the city’s 4th Street parking garage site plan proposal has been given another continuance, according to the planning department’s development services manager, Jackie Scanlan. It’s the second continuance approved by the department under Article VIII (B) of the

A special meeting of Bloomington’s city council on Wednesday wrapped up in about a half hour, as the council dispatched the two agenda items without controversy. One item was to approve a $1.13 million appropriation in this year’s (2019) budget for the grants won by Bloomington Transit

The city’s director of public works, Adam Wason, stood at the podium for three hours at Thursday’s 2020 departmental budget hearings held by the Bloomington city council. He had to present budget proposals for seven different divisions in his department: admin ($1,918,580), animal care and control

Two agenda items appear for a second reading and final vote on the Bloomington’s city council’s agenda for Wednesday. One is an appropriation ordinance for Bloomington Transit buses—BT won some competitive federal grants totaling $900,000. That makes the ordinance amount about $1.13 million because of

Carol Thompson took a turn at the public podium during the Bloomington city council’s meeting on the night of Aug. 14. She objected to some legislation the council had approved the week before, which regulated electric scooters. Besides her lack of enthusiasm for one amendment, which under certain conditions

Three candidates appear on November’s general election ballot for the seat representing Bloomington’s District 3 on the nine-member city council. One is the Democratic Party nominee, Ron Smith. The other two are independent candidates—Marty Spechler and Nick Kappas. If Spechler or Kappas is elected, it would