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American trust of government is at historic lows. Voices in the Street Producer Isaak Gonzalez, asks area listeners their opinions on corruption and trust of the American government.

State lawmakers are changing the rules for lending practices. Senate Bill 613 passed through the state senate last night, the last day for bills to be brought up in the State Senate or the State House of Representatives. Current Indiana law limits lenders to a 36 percent annual interest rate on loans under $2,000, with loans over that amount having …

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton gave his state of the city address on Thursday, February 21. Hamilton is a first-term incumbent Democrat, running for re-election this May, against Monroe County Commissioner Amanda Barge. Hamilton gave his third state of the city address, live from the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. On tonight’s Standing Room Only, Hamilton discusses his administration’s achievements and future challenges.

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 …

Over half of eligible voters cast ballots in November’s midterm election. Indiana had 51 percent average turnout across the state. This is the highest voter turnout for Indiana during a midterm election since 1994. Slightly over two million people voted out of the four and half million eligible voters. Indiana Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, announced these results along with data on each Indiana …

In this week’s episode, Betty Greenwell and Jim Allison talk about voting districts, representative districting, early voting. Prospective voters can visit indianavoters.in.gov to request an early voting application, or you can call or visit Election Central, in Bloomington. A Minute of Civics is produced by WFHB in support of the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County, a non-partisan organization. …

State Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) toured logging areas of Yellowwood State Forest last week. Pierce says he hiked through the Back Country area, where a Department of Natural Resources contractor is removing 1,700 trees, with the Indiana Forest Alliance’s Dave Seastrom. Pierce says the Indiana DNR designated Yellowwood’s Back Country area back in the ‘80’s, in an effort to preserve …

One-third of Indiana is under an emergency declaration, following torrential rain and flooding last month. Governor Eric Holcomb expanded the list to Gibson, Lagrange, Vanderburg, and Vermillion counties on Friday, bringing the total number of flooded counties to 35. A near record amount of rain fell on the northern-most and southern-most parts of the state last month. The torrential downpours …

Federal intelligence services believe Russian government employees probed state voter registration rolls for possible weaknesses in 2016, according to Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson. Lawson published an editorial this morning, which says the Russian government targeted voter information databases across states. Indiana Secretary of State Communications Director Ian Hauer says Russian agents probed for weaknesses in state voter registration …

The Indiana Legislature reconvened on Tuesday, January 9. One of the items on their agenda is a revision of Indiana’s alcohol laws. An Indiana Senate committee approved a bill allowing carryout alcohol sales on Sundays. Currently, Sunday alcohol sales are prohibited from stores, from a law left over from prohibition. Senate Bill 1 would allow retailers to sell alcohol from …