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Eco Report – February 2, 2024

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You’re listening to Eco Report for Friday, February 2, 2024. Later in the program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets a breakdown of some bills currently before the Indiana House and Senate in Part One of his conversation with Sam Carpenter, the new Executive Director of the Hoosier Environmental Council. And now for your environmental reports: To help Indiana schools celebrate …

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WFHB Local News – August 1st, 2022

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 1st, 2022. Later in the program, Indiana Republican Senators passed a bill on Saturday that bans abortions in the state with exceptions for rape, incest or if the mother’s life is in danger. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have some recent prison-related …

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BloomingOUT w/ J.D. Ford – January 14th, 2021

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Indiana Senator J.D. Ford is back in the studio this week to discuss some of the legislation that he has been working on since his historic win in 2018 as the first openly gay senator in Indiana. One of the bills Ford has been working on would ban conversion therapy. http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/32 The House version of Ford’s Bill http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1213     …

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Gov. Holcomb Backpedals on Hate Crimes Bill

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb plans to draw on public appeal to pass a hate crimes bill. Holcomb said in a news conference yesterday, he’s encouraging Indiana residents to contact their legislators and encourage them to pass a hate crimes bill. The announcement yesterday, comes after Holcomb criticized the state’s leading hate crimes legislation, Senate Bill 12, after senate Republicans gutted …

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Daily Local News – February 27th, 2019

Indiana Senate passes bill strengthening predatory loans; City partners with environmental group to stop invasive plants; Parks director proposes new tree abatement process; School board disputes recent teacher compensation data distributed by State Representative; Construction at Switchyard Park temporarily closes a section of the B-Line trail. FEATURE A new report says that the home building industry never fully recovered from …

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Daily Local News – February 12, 2019

Ball State Study says that Indiana’s housing market never fully recovered from the Great recession; Indiana Senate passes bill further restricting annexation by municipal governments; Ellettsville wracked by flooding; Bloomington Transit to receive an additional nine million dollars in funding for 2019. FEATURE Indiana Recovery Alliance Director Chris Abert announces plans to step down from the organization he founded. Abert …

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Daily Local News – March 14, 2018

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A new report shows groundwater across the state is being contaminated by unsafe amounts of toxic heavy metals from coal ash; Bloomington will roll out 150 ‘smart bikes’ as part of a new bike share program, this Spring; Black Lives Matter is encouraging residents to contact Mayor John Hamilton’s office, and give their opinions about the city’s purchase of an armored …

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Senate Bill Sixty-Five – Sex Education

The Indiana Legislature voted on amendments today to a Republican-sponsored bill that would require parents’ written permission for their children to be taught about human sexuality.

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Daily Local News – April 13, 2017

Critics and supporters of vaping lobby the Bloomington City Council as they consider including e-cigarettes in the city ordinance banning smoking in public places; Indiana lawmakers continued their push this week to pre-emptively bar universities from establishing policies to protect undocumented students; Indiana lawmakers are reportedly considering reviving a bill that would allow domestic violence victims to carry guns without …

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Daily Local News – April 6, 2017

Students, faculty and staff at Indiana University have signed an open letter denouncing a social scientist Charles Murray, who is slated to speak on campus; A group of IU students marched through campus and into the provost office to demand more social justice education on campus, along with other demands; The Indiana Senate has approved a bill allowing government agencies …

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