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WFHB Local News – October 11th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 11th, 2023. Later in the program, we have Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. This week, we are looking into Indiana’s legislation that pertains to education. More in today’s feature report. Also …

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Deep Dive: Indiana Education Legislation (Part 2)

This is Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into Indiana’s legislation that pertains to education. This week, we look into how Indiana schools are funded, the expansion of the state’s voucher program and inequities when it comes to …

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What To Do About Your First Student Loan Payment

This month, for the first time in over three years, federal student loan borrowers will be required to make monthly payments. In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Annika Harshbarger reports on the impact this will have on borrowers. Today’s local news feature offers insights and advice from Phil Schuman, the executive director of financial wellness and education at Indiana University, …

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WFHB Local News – October 10th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, October 10th, 2023. This month, for the first time in over three years, federal student loan borrowers will be required to make monthly payments. WFHB Correspondent Annika Harshbarger has more in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin filed …

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Unhoused Ecovillages and Urban Permaculture with Mark Lakeman of Communitecture – Eco Report XTRA

WFHB Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze sat down with eco architect Mark Lakeman of Communitecture in Portland, Oregon to learn about proven solutions to homelessness and measures to counter a lack of a sense of community and inviting collective civic spaces in American cities and neighborhoods. [Part One] In light of recent local municipal policies to prohibit camping in Bloomington, affecting the unhoused community, Roze asks …

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Eco Report – October 6, 2023

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Hello and welcome to Eco Report. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Cynthia Roberts. Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze looked into what it will mean for local residents that the City will no longer be sending out vacuum trucks to collect leaves raked to the curbside and we have the answers from Michael Large, Special Projects Manager …

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WFHB Local News – October 5th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, October 5th, 2023. Later in the program, WFHB’s Youth Radio team recorded a new episode of voices in the street on IU’s campus during September’s First Thursdays Festival. Also coming up in the next half hour, Maggie Sullivan, Lake Monroe watershed coordinator gave a presentation on the concerns about the long term …

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WFHB Local News – October 4th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 4th, 2023. Later in the program, Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into Indiana’s legislation that pertains to education. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the …

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Deep Dive: Indiana Education Legislation (Part 1)

This is Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into Indiana’s legislation that pertains to education. This week, we look into library censorship, how the legislation came about, what it means for public libraries, and what is being done …

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WFHB Local News – October 3rd, 2023

You’re listening to the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023. Later in the program, we have Disabulletin – where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world – hosted by Abe Shapiro. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – …

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