The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission is postponing approving a project agreement for two new downtown parking garages. The project review  is meant to memorialize the city’s commitment to additional sustainability and design features for each parking garage. Members of Bloomington’s Common Council want to achieve an even broader commitment to sustainability in the garages’ designs. Bloomington Council members appealed to the …

Lawmakers in Indianapolis criticized Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, yesterday. According to the Associated Press, legislators are up in arms over Holcomb’s proposed expenditure of a $1 billion renegotiated toll road lease. The Republican governor announced $1 billion dollars from leasing toll roads in September, which will increase toll fees for commercial truck drivers. Holcomb announced his proposal to allocate some …

The Indianapolis City-County Council let the “No sit/No Lie” ordinance die without a vote, yesterday. The vote was cancelled by the ordinances’ author, Republican Minority Leader Michael McQuillen. No other council-member objected to the cancellation.    The ordinance would have prohibited any person from sitting or lying on “any surface in ‘public right of way,’ between 6 a.m. and midnight.” …

In this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Susie Graham tells the history of Ivy Tech Community College. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about Monroe County’s Bicentennial is available on their website.

In this episode, family practice doctor Dr. Karen Reid-Renner joins hosts William Hosea and Clarence Boone, to discuss her specialty field and the fulfillment she derives from helping those in need. CREDITS Our show’s producer is Clarence Boone, with help from WFHB News Department Director Wes Martin. Our board engineer is Taiah Wilson. Our original theme music was created by …

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton will seek re-election, in 2019; Consultants from Clarion Associates presented their proposed changes last week for the third and final module of Bloomington’s Unified Development Ordinance; The Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse’s latest report card says the state is doing better when it comes to opioid abuse; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb directed flags across the …

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton will seek re-election in 2019, according to a press release issued by his campaign on Sunday. Hamilton is expected to formally announce he will seek a second term as Bloomington’s mayor during a campaign launch party on Tuesday, at Monroe County Democratic Headquarters. Hamilton’s announcement comes after Monroe County Board of Commissioners President Amanda Barge announced …

Locutora entrevista a Maria Auxi Viloria sobre sus proyectos unicos y especiales de cajas de regalo pintadas a mano.   Tambien, habla con el Director, Jonathan de la Cruz, del Mariachi Perla del Medio Oeste e integrante, Sara Chavez sobre sus experencias, luchas y logros como  miembros del grupo. Host speaks with Maria Auxi Viloria regarding her unique and special poryect: …

This week, we are continuing our talk with Leon Benson, who speaks to us from inside Pendleton Correctional Facility here in Indiana. He’s been inside since 1998, for a murder conviction and he has been trying to clear his name and win his freedom ever since. Benson was incarcerated at 23 years old, and talks about becoming conscious while on …

We feature our interns in the news discussion, before interviewing Jeffery Roth from the Damien Center, about World Aids Month. We will also talk a little bit about Bloomington’s Transgender Remembrance Day. Music this week was from Thundercat off the album off of the album “Drunk.” Events: November 30th, 2018 Transgender Day of Remembrance TASC, a Bloomington Pride group, is …