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Proposed Budget Fully Funds DCS

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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Indiana Republicans Reaffirm ‘Marriage’ as Between Man and Woman

State Republicans gathered in Evansville for their party convention, last Friday. Among the party platform items that were up for deliberation at the convention, was the question of the definition of marriage. Currently, the Indiana Republican Party includes a definition of marriage as the union between a man and a woman. Convention Delegates re-affirmed that definition, on Friday. The definition …

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Daily Local News – June 5, 2018

The latest FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opens today in New Albany, Indiana; Emergency response officials say residents in all 92 Indiana counties are now able to text 911 messages during emergencies; The Islamic Center of Bloomington has asked the Bloomington Police Department to investigate two possible incidents of vandalism; Police are no longer directing traffic at the second and third street overpasses …

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Pierce: Republicans Could Pass Anything

After arguments in the Indiana Statehouse ended the legislature’s short session, without accomplishing Governor Eric Holcomb’s priority bills, Holcomb announced a special session of the legislature to convene in May. Representative Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) spoke with WFHB News Director Wes Martin about what voters can expect out of the May session. Pierce says Republicans have a super majority in the …

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Emergency Declared in Additional Counties

Photo: Governor's Office, 2018. WFHB, 2018.

One-third of Indiana is under an emergency declaration, following torrential rain and flooding last month. Governor Eric Holcomb expanded the list to Gibson, Lagrange, Vanderburg, and Vermillion counties on Friday, bringing the total number of flooded counties to 35. A near record amount of rain fell on the northern-most and southern-most parts of the state last month. The torrential downpours …

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Daily Local News – January 18, 2018

Indianapolis is among 20 cities being considered for Amazon’s second corporate headquarters; Bloomington is looking for area artists to construct a bicentennial song; Officials from IU, the city of Bloomington, Monroe County and the state legislature came together over the weekend for the Bicentennial Kickoff Event in the Monroe County Government Center; After 178 amendments over five months, the Bloomington City Council adopted …

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Daily Local News – January 17, 2018

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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