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Daily Local News – Febuary 6, 2014

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State legislators representing the Monroe County area gave their views on more than dozen pieces of proposed legislation at a forum last Saturday; The City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department has opened registration for residents to rent garden plots in the Willie Streeter Community Gardens and the Butler Park Community Gardens; Senator Brent Steele’s proposal to amend Indiana’s constitution to guarantee residents the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife passed on a forty-three to four vote by the full Senate on Monday; The City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department is looking for individuals to fill two Special Member seats to serve two-year terms on the Environmental Resources Advisory Council, or ERAC; This weekend in local sports: Tomorrow the Indiana University Men’s Tennis team plays Xavier at 10 am and Western Michigan at 3pm.

FEATURE
ACLU Challenges Indiana War Memorial Commission to Allow Protests without Permit
Until this week, in order to protest on Monument Circle in Indianapolis or other monuments controlled by the Indiana War Memorial Commission, citizens needed to contact the commission and acquire a special permit to protest. The ACLU found this policy to be a violation of citizens’ First Amendment rights, and this week the U.S. court of appeals issued an injunction that stops the commission from enforcing the permit policy. Correspondent Lauren Glapa has the report for today’s WFHB feature exclusive.

VOICES IN THE STREET
This week on the Voices in the Street:  “Black History Month: African-American Heroes”

February is Black History Month, which in Bloomington means a full slate of public forums and celebrations honoring the cultural legacy of African-Americans in Bloomington and beyond. As part of our coverage of Black History Month, we hit the streets to ask local residents about African-Americans
who inspire you. So Bloomington, tell us about your black heroes.

CREDITS
Anchors: Carolyn VandeWiele, Jalisa Ransom
Today’s headlines were written by Jalisa Ransom, Mike Glab, and Dani (DAN-ee) Aleksa, along with
Joe Crawford for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Sarah Hetrick, with correspondent Lauren Glapa.
Our engineer today is Sarah Hetrick.
Editor is Drew Daudelin, Executive Producer is Alycin Bektesh.

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