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Eco Report – February 10, 2023

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HEADLINES IndyStar reports that every year when the list of new bills for the Indiana legislative session posts, Hoosiers may feel dizzy with deja vu. —Norm Holy The House Environmental Affairs Committee: 200 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN  46204. You are encouraged to write to them expressing your desire to see changes in Indiana regarding the environment and climate change. …

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Hola Bloomington- February 10, 2023

En celebración del día del amor y la amistad nuestra locutora, Luz López, tiene una conversación con Minerva Sosa, Josefa Madrigal y Sandy López, contribuidora de artículo para el Boletín Comunitario. Nos habla sobre el significado del amor y la Neurociencia. ¡En la segunda parte, tendran preguntas triviales, acompáñenos! In celebration of the day of love and friendship (Valentin’s Day), …

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February 10, 2023: We Understand Each Other- Resistance at the Norhwest Detention Center

We start this week’s episode with our monthly round up of prison protests and disturbances, compiled by Perilous Chronicle. After that, we share an Interview with Maru Moro Villalpando of La Resistencia, a project that organizes against the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. Once again, prisoners within the detention center have gone on hunger strike, and Maru returns to …

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Mayoral Candidate Susan Sandberg

We’ve invited all the declared candidates for Bloomington mayor in the 2023 municipal election to appear on Big Talk. First up, long-time Bloomington city council member Susan Sandberg. A self-described FDR Democrat, Sandberg has served during the mayoral administrations of both Mark Kruzan and John Hamilton. Now, she hopes to leave her own mark on the city. Stayed tuned to …

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Lunar New Year: How Different Countries Celebrate

Welcome to the 72nd episode of Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio. Hearabouts is produced by Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center in collaboration with WFHB. We ask critical questions about identity, culture, community and shared assumptions. This episode is produced by Joanna Kung and Ming Wang. In this episode we interview Jasmine Fan, a sophomore at IU, to share her experience …

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Lawyers, Schools, and Access A History of Special Education in the United States Part I:Watson,Beattie,and exclusion

Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. Tonight, we begin the first leg of an adventure covering the history of Special Education Law in the United States. This is the next chapter in Disabulletin’s continuing coverage of the recent Supreme Court …

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Indiana GOP Gets an Early Start at Senate Vacancy for 2024 Election

“We have a lot of politics in Indiana heading into the 2024 cycle,” said Representative Jim Banks and senate candidate. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb was first elected in 2016, taking his spot in the Indiana State House after former Governor Mike Pence left to take on Washington D.C. as Vice President during the Trump Administration. With his second term ending …

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Bring It On! – February 6, 2023: Bloom Magazine

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Malcolm Abrams, the editor and publisher of Bloom Magazine. He discusses his passion for publishing Bloom and why he is driven to showcase the diversity and richness that is Bloomington. Bloom Magazine is a bimonthly culture and lifestyle magazine published in Bloomington. Founded …

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Prescription for Healthcare – Rep. Matt Pierce, Part 1, February 2023

Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM. This month we interview Rep. Matt Pierce representing District 61 Bloomington in the Indiana legislature where he has served since 2002. We talk about health legislation being …

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Eco Report – February 3, 2023

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HEADLINES All Stories by Norm Holy A new study of more than 80 refineries raises serious concerns about the wastewater they are pumping into lakes and rivers across the U.S. One of those polluters is BP’s Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana. A study found that textbooks’ coverage of climate change expanded from 1970 to 2019, but that the increase was …

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