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WFHB Local News – November 14th, 2023

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, November 14th, 2023. Later in the program, Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin reports on the usage of pdf files within city government. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub’s Big …

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Daily Local News – April 10th, 2019

City Council to discuss scooter regulations; Indiana lawmakers address school safety and mental health issues; Monroe County Council approves funding for restorative justice initiative; Juvenile Service taxes get re-authorized. FEATURE WFHB Correspondent Kade Young talks to Peter Schubert, Director of Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy in Indianapolis, about the disparity of public opinion in rural vs urban areas …

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Daily Local News – February 13, 2019

National Endowment for the Arts Announces $27 Million in Grants; HUD to Fund New Shalom Development; Monroe County Council Approves Ongoing Funding for Harm Reduction Program; Council Supports Shalom Center Weekend Operations; Monroe County Ask For More Conversation about Hoosier Logging; Information Session Held Tonight on North-West side Road Project Proposal. FEATURE William Hosea, Chair of the Board of Commissioners …

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Program Error Forces Re-Count of District 2 Ballots

Monroe County Election officials are verifying ballot tabulations in the Monroe County Council District 2 race. After voting closed on November 6th, an error was discovered in the program that reads the data collected from ballot scanners. The program was reading the race as under-voted. Republican board member William Ellis explained voters are meant to cast one vote in the …

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Brown County Swept by Republicans

In Tuesday’s midterm elections, Republican candidates swept offices in Brown county. The Brown County Democrat reports four Democratic positions were replaced by Republican candidates, on Tuesday: Brown County Auditor, Circuit Court Clerk, a Circuit Court Judge, and one county council seat. Brown County school board president Buzz King also lost his seat on Tuesday. The Democrat reports King, a 16 year …

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County building materials recovery facility

Monroe County will be processing its own recyclables in a matter of months. The County Council approved a budget September 17th  that includes money to build a materials recovery facility, or MRF (“murf”). Officials at the County Solid Waste Management District have debated for years whether to build the facility. Currently the District pays a private company, Republic Services, to …

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