Dave Askins

At their regular Wednesday morning meeting, the three Monroe County commissioners approved a $11.375-million purchase agreement for the land where a new county jail and co-located justice complex is now planned to be built. The property that the commissioners agreed to buy amounts to about 52 acres in North

Sometime before 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the city of Bloomington started removing various materials from the property owned by Joe Davis on South Washington Street. In the view of city officials, the wood, sheet metal, furniture, bicycle frame, and various other materials that were carted away by

At its regular meeting on Monday night, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) approved $25,000 for appraisals of real estate in the city’s TIF (tax increment finance) district. No specific properties were listed in the resolution approved by the five-member board. But it’s apparent that one of the

Sunday night was the ninth week in a row for a protest at Sample Gates in Bloomington, against Indiana University’s new “expressive activities” policy, which was effective Aug. 1. Sample Gates is the spot where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at the western edge of the Bloomington campus. On the

Aside from the petition that challenged the 2025 city budget, the Bloomington city council’s adoption of its 2025 spending plan a couple of weeks ago was relatively quiet. The one wrinkle was an amendment to the budget made the same night (Oct. 9) as it was adopted—to cut

A settlement agreement in a legal dispute that started last year, between Sojourn House and Monroe County, could soon result in a zoning variance for the nonprofit. Sojourn House wants to operate a residence for up to eight victims of human trafficking with post-traumatic stress disorder and other related disabilities