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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 24th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB Producer Abe Shapiro provides a rundown of news surrounding the disability community in today’s edition of Disabulletin. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on the WFHB Local News. …

Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Kade Young. Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze speaks with Hank Duncan, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, on the City’s Greenways, streets that allow automobiles and parking that are designated as corridors made safer for those utilizing greener modes of transit. And now for your environmental reports: …

H-T’s managing editor steps down; Common Council to consider scooter use ordinance; Senate Bill 105 grapples with redistricting reform; Transportation Improvement Plan includes amendment requesting drones for IDOT and State Police; Road closures common amid heavy county road construction. FEATURE At a recent Eugene V. Debs celebration, University of Chicago Professor Aaron Benavav spoke on the pros and cons of …

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky to consolidate with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands; Indiana Republicans seek to restrict access to abortion; Bill would require graduating high-school students to pass a civics test; Several Bloomington roads temporarily closed this week, due to construction projects. FEATURE WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with J.J. Perry, the …

The Third National Women’s March takes place this Saturday, as women across the country are expected to march on state capitals, including in Indianapolis and DC; Monroe County is poised to complete a major portion of its Fullerton Pike East-West connectivity project, this year. FEATURE Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton announced earlier this month that he’ll stand for re-election. The first term …

The Bloomington Common Council declined to approve $18.5 million in bond funding to rebuild the Fourth Street Garage, during its meeting last night. Instead, council members want to see the garage repaired. Council members said repairing the downtown garage will buy the city time to examine downtown transportation and parking needs. A five-year repair is estimated to cost around $1.5 …

Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California; An interim operating agreement between the City of Bloomington and scooter companies Lime and Bird is now official; The Tapp and Rockport Road intersection is now open. FEATURE It’s illegal in the state of Indiana to have a syringe to use …

President Donald Trump was in Indianapolis over the weekend; The Indiana Democratic Party is attempting to split the Republican Senate vote at midterms next week; One woman in Brazil, Indiana is fed up with the negative attack ads between Incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly and his Republican challenger Mike Braun; A fight at a Halloween party over the past weekend left one dead …

The Crosstown Shopping Center on 10th Street, in Bloomington, will look vastly different in about two years. On Monday, the Bloomington Plan Commission approved site plans by WS Property Group that would transform the site into a new, three-story, mixed-use development. The shopping center is located near the intersection of 10th and Union Streets, north of Indiana University. It’s currently …

HEADLINES The Indiana Department of Transportation will not meet their Interstate 69 construction deadline of August 31; Sen. (D-IN) Joe Donnelly will meet with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, tomorrow; A 240-unit student residential project, planned for East Third Street and State Road 446, divided the Plan Commission in its August 13 meeting. FEATURE WFHB News Director Wes …