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Daily Local News – February 3, 2014

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The national weather service office has released data that places the mean average temperature for January at 23.1 degrees, as recorded at its Bloomington station; As many as four hundred thousand Hoosiers will not be getting new Medicaid health care coverage, despite efforts from State Senator Karen Tallian to expand the program; Purdue University has created an online series to show how some rural communities are striving to improve their quality of life.

FEATURE
“Bamboozled: “Prospect Hill and McDoel Gardens Neighborhoods Caught In Legal, Political Dilemma

Last year an attorney for the city of Bloomington discovered what she called a problematic piece of city code, a law she said was itself illegal. The clause was in the city’s rules governing historic districts, and within a few months the City Council corrected the glitch. There was relatively little debate at the time, but in the months since the correction it’s become clear that the change could have long-term effects on property rights, particularly in two city neighborhoods. WFHB looked into the history of the error and how it led residents to spend years organizing, campaigning, and voting for ways to protect their neighborhoods–ways that, according to the city, never technically existed. Assistant News Director Joe Crawford brings us that story, including ongoing questions about how the city has dealt with the issue, for today’s WFHB feature exclusive.

ACTIVATE
Our weekly segment spotlighting people working for positive change in our community.

CREDITS
Anchors: Ally Tsimekles; Doug Storm
Today’s headlines were written by David Murphy and Ally Tsimekles. Our feature was produced by Joe Crawford.Activate! is produced by Jennifer Whitaker,
Our engineer today is Chris Martin,
Editor is Drew Daudelin, Executive producer is Alycin Bektesh.

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