Tag Archives: Election

This week we are doing things a little bit differently. Tonight’s show is an off-script discussion about the election results and what it means for the LGBTQ community. We will also be talking with Judie Epp from Spencer PRIDE and Greg Chaffin, a community activist as well as a leader in the LGBTQ community here in Bloomington. Featured music this …

Today is the last day to register to vote in Indiana, ahead of November’s midterm elections; City of Bloomington Communications Director Yael Ksander made the announcement the city will change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, business leaders, and local officials met with Amazon representatives in Indianapolis this morning; Businesses in Bloomington are reporting dissatisfaction with …

A Republican candidate is dropping out of a public forum, hosted by Black Lives Matter Bloomington. Jacob Franklin, a candidate for Monroe Circuit Court clerk, announced in a public statement last night that he wouldn’t be participating in “A Seat at the Table”: Bloomington Black Lives Matter’s Midterm Candidate Round-Table Discussion. The public forum takes place tomorrow. Franklin says he …

President Donald Trump will make a trip to Evansville, next week; Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) spoke on the floor of the US Senate today, on behalf of increasing Health and Human Services allocation on the Senate Appropriations Bill for 2019; Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson announced the state will furnish $7.5 million to enhance election security, this Fall; Business owners on Bloomington’s …

Earlier this week President Donald Trump questioned US intelligence reports of Russian interference in election procedures. Voices in the Street asks area residents there opinion on Trumps recent allegations. Voices in the Street is produced by Community Radio, WFHB. This week’s episode was produced by, Jenna Jankowski.

Indiana University alumni elected Donna Spears to the IU Board of Trustees. Election results were announced over the weekend. Spears received over 4 thousand votes out of nearly 14 thousand. Spears previously served as the National Chair of the IU Alumni Association’s Board of Managers. She also served on the IU Alumni Affairs Executive Council. Spears is one of three …

Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence are expected to land in Indianapolis, this evening; Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly is breaking with the Democratic Party, and endorsing Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State; The race to oust Joe Donnelly from his Senate seat is growing increasingly vicious ahead of the May 8 primary; A forest fire broke out in Morgan-Monroe State …

The newest episode of the Hijabi Diaries, “Upstanders and Up-standing,” was originally created in April of 2017. It reflects on the effects of the 2016 Presidential elections on local Muslim people, as well as the rise in hate crimes following the election, how Hoosiers across the state are taking their neighbors’ safety into their own hands, and sometimes with them …

Black Lives Matter protesters signal they may disrupt tomorrow’s bicentennial ceremony for the city of Bloomington; The U.S. Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, is urging the widespread adoption of the opioid-reversal drug Naloxone by private citizens; Monroe County will hold its Second Annual Opioid Summit this Fall, on September 18th and 19th; Early and absentee voting for the May primary election …

On Friday, January 20th, or Inauguration Day, a panel of history professors got together to discuss big power shifts in history in relation to the inauguration of Donald Trump. The speakers talked about big power shifts in Ancient Rome, the French Revolution, Angola, and the Election of 1968. The four professors that spoke were Colin Elliot, Rebecca Spang, Marissa Moorman, …