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Bloomington High School North, Tri-North Middle School, and Arlington Heights Elementary School go to code yellow this morning; Indiana will be among the first ten states to implement a flexible reform of No Child Left Behind; Indiana will be among the first ten states to implement a bold, flexible reform of No Child Left Behind; The Monroe County Clerk’s office announced today that it will be receiving a $25,000 grant to continue the mandates of the Help America Vote Act or HAVA; Bloomington artist Reza Pishgahi has been selected to design, fabricate, and install a city-sponsered “Gateway” art piece; Now through March 23, the public is invited to submit nominations for the 2011 Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award.

FEATURE
This morning “Move to Amend” - a new local citizen action group- announced the launch of a petition drive seeking a change in the United States constitution. The Bloomington branch of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom held a meeting on January 19th to organize Indiana residents to gather signatures for a petition that looks to overturn the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court Decision. The Citizens United decision meant that the government could not limit spending by corporations or unions on issues or candidates due to their first amendment right to free speech. The WILPF’s petition seeks an amendment to the United States Constitution that would overturn the Citizens United decision and ban corporate and union participation in the voting process. WFHB News Director Alycin Bektesh spoke this afternoon with Bloomington’s first female Mayor Tommy Allison who is a member of WILPF about Move-to-Amends’ goals for the petition drive. Allison begins with summery of the rise of “corporate personhood” for this WFHB feature exclusive.

VOLUNTEER CONNECTION
Local organizations scout the listening area for service help on Volunteer Connection, linking YOU to current volunteer opportunities in our community.

CREDITS
Anchors: Stephanie Foreman, Roscoe Medlock
Today’s headlines were written by Cleveland Dietz, Caitlin O’Hara, and Ben Betsworth
Volunteer Connection is produced in partnership with the city of Bloomington Volunteer Network
Today’s Engineer is Zollie Banes
Executive producer is Alycin Bektesh