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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, explore what the term woke really means.  To help us better understand the concept and origins of “Wokeness”, Artina Carter, Chief of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for the Huron-Clinton MetroParks in Southeast Michigan, joins them. CREDITS: Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell. Bring It On’s …

It’s Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and you’re listening to Interchange on WFHB. Okay, so, this is a repeat airing of a program that appeared BTD or Before The Donald, in what seems decades ago, August of 2015. Tonight, while we chew our nails and continually refresh our favorite likely partisan election results site on our phones, we can …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is in Bloomington, this afternoon. Hill was invited to speak at the Monroe County Public Library by local Republican group, the Grassroots Conservatives. Hill is expected to speak at the library at 7 p.m. Grassroots Conservatives organizer, Robert Hall said the organization invited the state AG to share his accomplishments. Gov. Eric Holcomb, and fellow …

The Monroe County Election Board approved Ellettsville’s request to not hold a primary election, last week; Brown County Parks and Recreation Department Director approved $13,000 logging contract for scenic overlook; Indiana’s beleaguered Attorney General announces the creation of an online sexual assault form; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb visits D.C. after appointment to American Workforce Policy Advisory Board by President Donald …

Senate Bill 132 requires graduating high school students to pass the civics test from the U.S. citizenship exam, in order to graduate. If passed, SB 132 would begin requiring students to pass the exam during the 2020-2021 school year. As WFHB Correspondent Jake Jacobson reports, the Republican-backed measure requires all students to pass the exam, with a score of 60 …

The Monroe County Democratic Party elected the first person of color to lead the party, on Sunday; Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton filed for re-election, today; Five hundred eighty-five thousand food stamp beneficiaries will not receive food stamps, in Indiana next month, due to the ongoing federal government shutdown; An Indiana lawmaker who accused Attorney General Curtis Hill of groping her, has …

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 …

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill wants lawmakers to increase his budget by about $5 million. The republican Attorney General sent two of his deputies to request the increase from the State Budget Committee meeting on Monday. Hill did not make the request in person, although other top office holders asking for budget increases did, according to an Associated Press report. The …

Lawmakers in Indianapolis criticized Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, yesterday. According to the Associated Press, legislators are up in arms over Holcomb’s proposed expenditure of a $1 billion renegotiated toll road lease. The Republican governor announced $1 billion dollars from leasing toll roads in September, which will increase toll fees for commercial truck drivers. Holcomb announced his proposal to allocate some …

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Indiana have signaled they’re willing to push legislation in January, seeking to legalize medical marijuana. Voices in The Street’s Isaak Gonzalez asks area listeners how the feel about the legalization of medical marijuana in Indiana.