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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, January 16th, 2024. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins with the B Square Bulletin provides an update on Bloomington’s annexation efforts. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub’s Big Fund. But first, …

Hello and welcome to Eco Report. Today’s anchors are Julianna Dailey and Cynthia Roberts-Hall. Later in today’s program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze attended the second public meeting for the Allen Street Greenway connector which will link Madison and Morton Streets in the McDoel Gardens neighborhood. We will have an excerpt from the event held yesterday by Hank Duncan, the City’s …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 11th, 2023. Later in the program, the Community Justice Response Committee held their first meeting of the year this week. More coverage coming up in the top half of tonight’s program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Phone Privacy on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on WFHB. …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, January 10th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Kayan Tara reported on the latest Community Justice Reform Committee meeting where local officials have hit yet another roadblock in their plans for a new jail. Tara also attended an event from the activist group, Care Not Cages, who opposes the construction of …

Piedmont-Smith, "I think overall we need more housing of all types. In that respect, I am in favor of increased density close to our downtown and close to campus. I think we also need to look into some of the issues which have been raised by people living in those neighborhoods, like parking and current infrastructure which might be insufficient. But the petition really just assumes that everything is going to go to hell if the zoning is passed, and I think that is not reasonable.

In their meeting last night, the Bloomington City Council approved expanding city code to provide sexual harassment protection for contractors, volunteers, and interns. The discrimination code has also been revised with non-binary language. It now references “they” in addition to the standard “he” and “she” references. The council considered the idea of establishing an independent commission to handle potential sexual …

Early voting for this May’s primary elections begins today. Yesterday was the end of voter registration, but residents can still check their registration and precinct ballot, via the state’s official voter website. On the ballot in this year’s primary are five contested races for the Bloomington City Council: In District 1, incumbent Chris Sturbaum faces Kate Rosenbarger and Denise Valkyrie; …

Note: A previous version of this story used the incorrect image. The story has since been updated with the correct image. The Bloomington Common Council continued its review of the revised Transportation Plan last week. Chapter Three of the plan proposes changing existing street uses to help develop an ‘urban grid.’ Planning Services Manager Beth Rosenbarger said developing the grid would …

The Bloomington Common Council is expected to take up the bond funding measures for two downtown parking garages in its meeting, tomorrow night. City of Bloomington administrators seem set on replacing the downtown Fourth Street parking garage, but some city council members are revisiting the idea of repairing the garage. Members of the city council have been working with city …

The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission is postponing approving a project agreement for two new downtown parking garages. The project review  is meant to memorialize the city’s commitment to additional sustainability and design features for each parking garage. Members of Bloomington’s Common Council want to achieve an even broader commitment to sustainability in the garages’ designs. Bloomington Council members appealed to the …