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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 14th, 2023. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin provides a report on an ordinance that allows Bloomington Transit to expand its coverage into Monroe County More in today’s feature report. That’s Phoenix Rang from a new organization called Protect Our People, advocating for Hoosier transgender …

Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marsalek. Later in the program, we have Part Three of an ongoing series from Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze. He speaks with eco architect and sustainability pioneer Bill Brown. In today’s installment, they address retrofitting existing structures like the University’s historic limestone buildings, how to source sustainable materials to offset …

Pete Buttigieg is scheduled to participate in tonight’s Democratic presidential debate in Miami; Brown County State Park’s water treatment plant is up and running; The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued an Air Quality Action Day for Friday in Central and Southeastern Indiana; The Indiana DNR Deer Hunt Registry opens on Monday; Bloomington Township Trustee Kim Alexander is moving …

In this week’s Eco Feature, WFHB correspondent Norm Holy talks with Indiana DNR Wildlife Specialist Rex Watters about Indiana’s eagle population. The eagle was nearly wiped out state-wide in the late nineteenth century. Watters was involved with the successful re-establishment of eagles at Lake Monroe.

Jurors convicted an Indianapolis man in connection with the sexual assaults of two IU students and a shootout with a Bloomington Police officer back in 2014; The Indiana legislature is considering passage of a bill that would expand the rates and lending practices for so-called payday loans; The Indiana Senate Environmental Affairs Committee voted down a measure that would’ve limited …

Indiana’s shot at passing a hate crimes law this year has collapsed in the legislature; A new bill adding requirements for women seeking an abortion in Indiana moved out of the State Senate and will end up on the floor of the House; Hundreds of Indiana’s least-populated townships may be dissolved and absorbed into larger townships; The ban on transporting …

Democratic and Republican party chairs are gearing up for the 2018 election; Non-profit community bookstore, Boxcar Books, is closing its doors at the end of this month; The City Council took up amendments to Bloomington’s draft comprehensive planning document; The City of Bloomington and Monroe County will join a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and their affiliates; The Indiana Department of …

The director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources issued an opinion-editorial piece defending the agency’s logging in Yellowwood State Forest; Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young push for the adoption of the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act; The Community Justice and Mediation center is taking applications for a 40-hour training program for residents interested in learning …

The Indiana Protection for Abused and Trafficked Humans (IPATH) Task Force is holding the second part of their lecture series tomorrow in Indianapolis. Spectators bringing alcohol into Brown County High School sporting events are fueling a proposed policy change. The former Muncie Police Chief is suing the city and its mayor for back pay, after he claims he was forced …

The State’s Alcohol Code Revision Commission is recommending the sale of alcohol at convenience and grocery stores from noon to 8pm on Sundays. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is seeking nominations for six openings on the state’s Trails Advisory Board. The conservative Political Action Committee backing President Donald Trump in Indiana, has endorsed northeastern Indiana Representative Jim Banks. An …