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Daily Local News – February 28, 2019

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Gun control advocates will protest outside of the Statehouse in Indianapolis this weekend; Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday he will try to build public support for a hate crimes bill; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb admitted yesterday that he used marijuana in college, despite currently opposing its legalization in Indiana; Online pothole and road hazard reporting is now available on the Monroe County website; The Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners approved lowering admission fees at municipal pools this summer, during their Tuesday meeting.

FEATURE
The Trump Administration last week issued a ‘domestic gag rule’ in title ten funding, that will withhold federal funds from clinics that provide abortion services or referrals. In today’s Feature Report, we hear from Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky’s Vice President of Patient Services, Lynne Bunch, about how the Title Ten rule changes will effect Planned Parenthood in Indiana.

VOICES IN THE STREET
President Trump announced this morning that he’s ‘walked out’ on talks with North Korea. Our weekly public opinion asks area residents what they think of the President’s diplomacy with Pyongyang.

CREDITS
Today’s headlines were written by Kade Young, Andrew McKearin and Wes Martin, along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Executive Producer Wes Martin.
Voices in the Street was produced by Isaak Gonzalez,
Our engineer today was Kevin Oliver.
Our theme music is provided by Ben Lumsdaine, Scott Schmadeke, and Dani Graf.
Today’s anchors were Benedict Jones and Carolyn VandeWiele.

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