This week, we air the first of two episodes tracking the rise of police racism and militarization in Los Angeles, from the Watts Uprising of 1965 to the 1992 L.A. Riots after Rodney King’s beating. Max Felker-Kantor, author of the book, Policing Los Angeles, walks us through the changes in policing, as well as the ways in which anti-police activism …

Tonight we are excited to have Judi Epp from Spencer Pride, here to talk with us about Spencer Pride’s Iris Youth Group and their involvement in hosting an alternative to high school prom for students in the area who cannot attend as a same-sex couple, according to school policies. Joining her is Gannon Holsapple, a student who was involved in …

The Bloomington Commission on Sustainability is organizing to provide feedback on the city’s proposed transportation plan. In the Commission’s March 12th meeting, member Cynthia Bretheim said the plan needs to be reworked substantially. Bretheim observed that, in some instances, the city would have to tear down houses to accommodate proposed streets. She also took issue with some of the data …

Senate blocks Trump’s declaration of emergency at the US-Mexico border; Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg slams Pence; County Clerk Nicole Brown requests pay raise for election day poll workers; County invests in touch screen voting machines; Bloomington Commission on Sustainability plans information session on city transportation plan. FEATURE News Director Wes Martin speaks with Deputy Mayor Mick Renneisen about the city’s …

The Bloomington Common Council is expected to revisit their decision to repair, instead of replacing, the downtown 4th st. parking garage. The city administration previously pressured the Bloomington City Council to pass a measure to tear down and rebuild the city’s 35-year-old downtown garage. In today’s feature report, WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Bloomington Deputy Mayor Mick Renneisen …

The 2016 Bloomington Woman of the Year and a clinical social worker, Jean Capler is a first time candidate for elective office. She’s taking on At Large incumbents Susan Sandberg, Jim Sims, and Andy Ruff as well as two other first-time challengers Vauhxx Booker and Matt Flaherty in the May Democratic primary. No Republican is running thus far for an …

Denis Taaffe is a seasoned musician who has created, out of his own home studio, over 300 albums of improvised guitar music. He elaborates his musical philosophy and aesthetics on an endless series of YouTube videos under the name Alien Guitar. Through many years of exploring his inner world of guitar sounds, he has developed an ambient style that is …

In this weeks episode of Ecoreport, WFHB’s Don Geyra and Tod Wicks report on the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is carrying out prescribed burns in Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood State Forest over the course of next month and the Brown County Parks and Recreation Department selling woods to a timber company that then clear-cut a scenic overlook.  Also in this …

In this weeks Eco Feature, an excerpt from this week’s Interchange — Can Growth be Green?  Environmentalists Raise Concerns about the Green New Deal. 

Monroe County Farm nominated to National Register of Historic Places; Severe Weather Preparedness Week starts Monday; Highway Department superintendent retires, Department undergoes restructuring; 3 IU Students contract Mumps. FEATURE Wild Tecumseh Friends founder Dave Seastrom describes the “massacre” of recent clear-cut logging in Brown County. BETTER BEWARE! Our weekly consumer watchdog segment warns of more phone scams. CREDITS Today’s headlines …