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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.

Settlement could mean end to dispute between Monroe County, Sojourn House over shelter for human trafficking victims

Settlement could mean end to dispute between Monroe County, Sojourn House over shelter for human trafficking victims

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

Salary notebook: Bloomington police officers, firefighters up for big increases in 2025

Salary notebook: Bloomington police officers, firefighters up for big increases in 2025

Bloomington police officers and firefighters are set to receive significant pay increases in 2025 compared to what they earned in 2024. Appearing on the city council’s Oct. 30 meeting agenda is the salary ordinance for police and firefighters, which will put the legislative body’s stamp of approval on

Bloomington prevails in court, gets extra time for abatement of Davis’s Washington Street property

Bloomington prevails in court, gets extra time for abatement of Davis’s Washington Street property

In a ruling issued on Tuesday (Oct. 15), Monroe County circuit court judge Emily Salzmann found in favor of the city of Bloomington in its years-long attempt to enforce what it considers to be violations of city code on Joe Davis’s Washington Street property. By Thursday morning, Davis had

Monroe County to release Nov. 5 election results to public same as before, maybe with in-house GIS team

Monroe County to release Nov. 5 election results to public same as before, maybe with in-house GIS team

After more than three weeks of wrangling about how to display local election tallies to the public on election night, Monroe County’s election board decided Tuesday on a mostly business-as-usual approach. Left out of the mix is An Island, LLC, a Tell City company that Monroe County clerk Nicole

Collaboration across Monroe County government a recipe for cooking up better food safety reporting

Collaboration across Monroe County government a recipe for cooking up better food safety reporting

In January 2023, when a Monroe County resident asked for food service inspection reports, the best response that county government could muster came from Mike Kuzemka, who works in the health department as the environmental health services manager. Kuzemka asked the resident to fill out a records request form. Now,

Week 8: Free speech policy protesters persist at IU Bloomington, hear report of search warrant

Week 8: Free speech policy protesters persist at IU Bloomington, hear report of search warrant

Sunday evening marked two months of weekly protests 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 university campus, during the

Likely to be fueled by Monroe County ARPA: New west-side Bloomington bus, ‘shadow’ rural service

Likely to be fueled by Monroe County ARPA: New west-side Bloomington bus, ‘shadow’ rural service

A new bus route to the west side of Bloomington—which will go outside city limits, to serve Ivy Tech, Simtra, and Cook Medical, among other employment centers—looks like it will get its $177,885 annual cost covered by Monroe County government. That’s one of the bits of