Dave Askins

Leading up to a Sept. 16 public hearing on an increase to the jail LIT (local income tax), ACLU attorney Ken Falk has sent a letter to Monroe County officials telling them that 300 beds for a new jail in Monroe County is “clearly an inadequate number.” Falk is the

At its Wednesday meeting, Monroe County’s capital improvement board (CIB) got updates on two main fronts, in its effort to complete an expansion of the Monroe Convention Center by the end of 2026. The expansion of the center is planned for the spot east of the current facility, across

Five traffic calming circles in a neighborhood just west of downtown Bloomington will have murals painted on them this fall. At its regular Tuesday meeting, Bloomington’s board of public works approved the street closings required for local artist Erin Tobey to paint the murals at five intersections in the

The impact of short-term rentals in Bloomington came up as a topic in two separate public meetings on Monday, and could factor into more conversations among public officials before the end of the year. Short term rentals (STRs) are the kind of accommodations provided by companies like Airbnb and Vrbo.

For the third week in a row, at 11 p.m. on Sunday night (Sept. 8), a crowd gathered for a candlelight vigil at Indiana University’s Sample Gates, where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at the western edge of the Bloomington campus. The vigil has been organized to protest a

In 2025, Bloomington’s “living wage” will reach $16.22 an hour. Of that $16.22, up to $2.43 can be in the form of health insurance offered to a covered employee. The increase in 2025 will boost Bloomington’s living wage by $0.47 an hour (about 3