Dave Askins

In 2017, Bloomington began the process of annexing area into the city that would have increased the land area of the city by about 60 percent. Later that year, the state’s General Assembly built into the budget bill a change to annexation law that effectively singled out Bloomington and

In 2017, the city of Bloomington filed a lawsuit against Gov. Eric Holcomb in connection with the city’s planned annexations. The lawsuit was precipitated by the General Assembly’s action in 2017 to build into the budget bill a change to annexation law—which effectively singled out Bloomington of

City Councilmember Steve Volan lives almost exactly in the middle of Bloomington. The center of Bloomington’s area—the centroid calculated by a piece of geographic information software called QGIS—lies a few feet west of Indiana University’s Henderson Parking Garage on Atwater Avenue. And of the nine people

When maps of election results in recent Indiana statewide races are color-shaded—with reds or blues where Republicans or Democrats won more votes—the Hoosier state is a sea of red with some blue islands. The few patches of blue for Indiana are consistent with a robust national pattern:

Two teams from Michigan are playing today in the finals of the Big 10 tournament for men’s college basketball. The championship game falls on St. Patrick’s Day this year,  which might give an edge to Michigan State, whose school colors are green and white. The Cream and Crimson

Bloomington resident Jean Capler stood at the public podium in city hall last Saturday morning to ask: “Is there ever any talk about decriminalizing syringe possession?” The occasion for Capler’s question was the regular in-session monthly legislative update hosted by the local League of Women Voters. On hand