This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, November 11th, 2021. Later in the program, we have Prescription for Healthcare – a monthly podcast collaboration between WFHB and Medicare for All Indiana. In today’s episode, hosts Dr. Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone speak with Ana Manilow – a clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California in San …
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A staff photographer at The Herald-Times is dismissed, as newspapers are sold to GateHouse Media; Indiana legislators support a ‘tax amnesty’ program; Supporters of redistricting reform push legislators to act; Sen. (R-Lawrenceberg) Chip Perfect withdraws bill eliminating child labor laws, after conflict of interest scandal; EPA re-schedules a public comment period for East Chicago Superfund site. FEATURE The Monroe County …
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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced his proposed state budget, today. The embattled Department of Child Services would get, in the Governor’s proposed budget, $286 million each year. This is the full amount DCS had requested. DCS has been struggling with increasing case loads and limited resources for some time. The agency’s problems came into public view last year when its …
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The Indiana Department of Child Services published their Childhood fatality report from 2016, yesterday. In today’s Feature Report, WFHB Correspondent Annie Aguiar speaks with DCS Spokesperson Noelle Russell.
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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced yesterday his plans to review and reform the state’s Department of Child Services. The Department of Child Services is struggling to cope with a dramatic increase in the number of children in need of services such as foster care and counseling. That’s due in large part to the opioid crisis, which is causing the agency’s …
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Indiana House Democrats say they’re worried about state of the Department of Child Services. House Democratic Leader Terry Goodin from Austin, Indiana issued a statement today in the wake of the first progress report evaluating DCS, issued by The Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group. DCS’ evaluation by The Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group comes after the resignation of …
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The Indiana Legislature’s Short Session is set to end on March 15th and this afternoon the legislature struck down a number of bills; Indiana Senate Republicans initiate a last-minute proposal to allow 10 percent of public school districts’ teachers to be unlicensed; Indiana House Democrats say they’re worried about state of the Department of Child Services; The city of Bloomington’s …
Read More »On January 6, the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County gathered with five local representatives for an update on legislative action. Legislators in attendance were District 60 Rep. Peggy Mayfield, R-Martinsville; District 62 Rep. Jeff Ellington, R-Bloomington; District 61 Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington; District 46 Rep. Bob Heaton, R-Terre Haute; and District 40 state Sen. Mark Stoops, D-Bloomington.
Read More »The Indiana legislature is considering two bills that would revise payday lending rules in the state; The Monroe County Plan Commission is changing a zoning ordinance to make proposed trash facilities a conditional use, instead of a permitted use; After resigning from the Indiana Department of Child Services, Mary Beth Bonaventura will be joining the office of Attorney General Curtis …
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