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Dave Askins

Dave Askins

Bloomington, Indiana

Dave Askins is editor and publisher of The B Square Bulletin. A Hoosier native with a background in math and linguistics, he previously co-founded the Ann Arbor Chronicle with his wife, Mary Morgan.

Math Journal: Bedroom arithmetic

Math Journal: Bedroom arithmetic

New building projects in Bloomington can be controversial, especially when the proposed new apartments are marketed to students at Indiana University. Typical for such projects are higher numbers of bedrooms for each apartment. A recently proposed 820-bedroom housing development on North Walnut, at the current Motel 6 site, prompted

State’s first brief now filed with Indiana Supreme Court in appeal of lower court decision on special Bloomington annexation law

State’s first brief now filed with Indiana Supreme Court in appeal of lower court decision on special Bloomington annexation law

After a couple of quiet months, late July has brought some activity in the legal proceedings about the state legislature’s enactment of a 2017 law, as a part of the biennial budget bill. The law blocked specifically Bloomington’s attempt in 2017 to annex some land into the city.

2019 on pace to be a big year for Bloomington water main breaks

2019 on pace to be a big year for Bloomington water main breaks

Not counting any of the half dozen water main breaks in July, the city of Bloomington has tallied 44 breaks so far in 2019. Is that a big number? Yes, based on the number of breaks over the last six years that are logged in the dataset posted on the

Comedy Attic set to finish second round of competition next Wednesday

Comedy Attic set to finish second round of competition next Wednesday

Competition in the Comedy Attic’s Bloomington Comedy Festival continued Wednesday night as the audience voted four of eight candidates on to the next round. Earning enough votes to go through to the next round were: Kristen Lucas, Emily Davis, Joshua Sullivan and Mark Bookwalter. Another four comics will be

Monroe County awards $120K in Sophia Travis community service grants

Monroe County awards $120K in Sophia Travis community service grants

Community service grants to 36 organizations totaling $120,000 were announced and approved by Monroe County Council at its work session Tuesday evening. The grant program was renamed six years ago in honor of Sophia Travis, who served on the County Council from 2004 to 2008. She worked as a

Convention center update: County Board of Commissioners pitches better collaboration between city and county, suggests formation of capital improvement board

Convention center update: County Board of Commissioners pitches better collaboration between city and county, suggests formation of capital improvement board

Monroe County should form a capital improvement board to handle the ownership, control and management of an expanded convention center in downtown Bloomington—that was a key point of a memo distributed Wednesday morning by the Monroe County Board of Commissioners to the County Council, Bloomington City Council and the

County might hope to add convention center summit to Bloomington City Council’s agenda of annual budget, electric scooters, student housing, and parking zones

County might hope to add convention center summit to Bloomington City Council’s agenda of annual budget, electric scooters, student housing, and parking zones

By late last week, the Bloomington City Council was getting ready to return to its normal meeting routine after a summer hiatus. Councilmembers last met in regular session on June 12; their next regular meeting falls on the last day of July. Based on some conversation at a work session