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 This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 11th, 2024. Later in the program, we have Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson gave her first State of the City …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, February 20th, 2024. In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Kelsey Pease went to the Adult Winter Recess and spoke with attendees. More in the bottom half of tonight’s program. 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 …

Welcome to the March edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County . In today’s segment, host Jim Allison speaks with Lisa Marie Napoli, director of the Political and Civic Engagement or PACE, at Indiana University. Napoli also founded Voices for Democracy and Civility.  The topic for this …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, April 21st, 2021. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from our public affairs program, Interchange, a show that questions how we understand ourselves. Today’s excerpt comes from last week’s show, “Mr. Trotter, the President, and the Klan with Kerri Greenidge.” More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the …

Monroe County Commissioner Amanda Barge announced she will resign, this afternoon. Barge is accused of sexual harassment by former independent Monroe County contractor, Brandon Drake. The County Commissioner previously suspended her campaign for Bloomington Mayor. The mayoral campaign suspension was announced as the same day as an Indiana Daily Student article‘s publication, which included audio excerpts and correspondence between Barge …

County Council considers five-year strategic spending plan; Online pothole and road hazard information now available on County website; State police prepare for spring break sobriety checkpoints this Friday; IUB Provost and Executive Vice President Lauren Robel to deliver the 2019 State of the Campus address tomorrow. FEATURE Director of the Indiana Arts Commission Miah Michaelson talks to Michael Glab about …

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton gave his state of the city address on Thursday, February 21. Hamilton is a first-term incumbent Democrat, running for re-election this May, against Monroe County Commissioner Amanda Barge. Hamilton gave his third state of the city address, live from the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. On tonight’s Standing Room Only, Hamilton discusses his administration’s achievements and future challenges.

Schools across Indiana and much of the Midwest are cancelling classes, as temperatures drop into dangerous territory; An Indiana lawmaker’s efforts to eliminate the state’s child labor laws have raised conflict of interest concerns; The Herald-Times of Bloomington is among 8 Indiana newspapers sold to Gatehouse Media; A hike in storm-water fees proposed by the City of Bloomington Utilities Department could get even …

Administrators in Indianapolis said the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC program, have not announced any change in their assistance distribution, and do not expect a funding shortage until into February; A bipartisan bill in Congress would make the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore a National Park; Hundreds of women marched in downtown Indianapolis over the weekend, braving …

Erin Tuttle is the author of Deconstructing the Administrative State: The Fight for Liberty. She was the guest speaker of the November 29, 2018 meeting of the Grassroots Conservatives. Tuttle presented arguments against government bureaucracy, from the Monroe County Public Library. Her lecture was filmed by CATS – Community Access Television Services. This episode of Standing Room Only was produced …