This month on Civic Conversations, we are joined by Kate Cruikshank, Political Papers Specialist for the University Archives at the Herman B. Wells Library. Kate joined us to talk about the 26th Amendment. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 for all elections, state and federal. Kate shared that the amendment was created after a long debate …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, October 27th, 2022. Later in the program, we have the latest edition of Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, the …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 3rd, 2022. Later in the program, the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County hosted a candidate forum for Indiana House Districts 46, 60 and 62. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have some recent prison related news …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, September 22nd, 2022. Later in the program, we have Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, an Indiana judge temporarily blocked the statewide …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 23rd, 2022. Later in the program, we have Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Statehouse will reconvene …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, May 19th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB’s Youth Radio took to the streets to ask Bloomington residents about the U.S. Supreme Court’s draft leak over Roe v. Wade. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Civic Conversations – our monthly podcast collaboration …
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Welcome to the April edition of Civic Conversations – your monthly podcast collaboration between the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County and WFHB. In today’s episode, host Jim Allison speaks with Professor Ranjan Rohatgi who was a member of All IN for Democracy’s Citizens Redistricting Commission. Rohatgi is Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Computer Science at St. …
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Welcome to the November edition of Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. Our guest today is former U.S. Congressman Lee Hamilton, who represented Indiana’s 9th district from 1965-1999. Hamilton speaks with host Jim Allison on the current state of our democracy. On the topic of the erosion …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, November 18th, 2021. Later in the program, we have the November edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. In today’s episode, host Jim Allison speaks with Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton, about the current status of our democracy. …
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Welcome to the October edition of Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. In today’s podcast, host Jim Allison speaks with Simone Smith, the winning contestant in the League of Women Voters Brown County’s essay contest on redistricting, and Shari Frank, the president of the League of Women …
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