By Jeremy Herhusky-Schneider Public, equitable and sustainable transportation alternatives to personal vehicles in Indiana are limited. Attempts to increase public transportation in 2014 led to the banning of light rail in several Indiana counties. Although the ban was supposed to be repealed with the 2019 House Bill 1365, the House Bill died thus keeping the ban in place. More recently, …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, March 25th, 2024. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin files a report on the Bloomington City Council agenda for this week. More in today’s feature report. That’s Dorian Villanueva from CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates. She needs help standing up for the rights of local …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, March 12th, 2024. Later in the program, we revisit an archived interview with Peter LoPilato, editor and publisher of The Ryder Magazine, who passed away recently. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between the WFHB Local …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, March 11th, 2024. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin has his weekly segment on the WFHB Local News. More in today’s feature report. That’s Cassidy McCammon from Girl Coalition of Indiana, an innovation incubator trying to make Girl Scouts more inclusive. Hear more later in …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 6th, 2023. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin continues a report on the potential merging of commissions within city hall. More in today’s feature report. That’s Jenny Kirby, a volunteer in Bloomington’s Adopt-A-Greenspace program. Learn how you can run your own tiny nature preserve …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, October 10th, 2023. This month, for the first time in over three years, federal student loan borrowers will be required to make monthly payments. WFHB Correspondent Annika Harshbarger has more in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin filed …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, September 8th, 2021. Later in the program, we have an excerpt from Tuesday’s Interchange, “Authority and U: On the Anti-Democratic Campus,” with guest Steve Volan, a scholar of human geography and a city council member in Bloomington, Indiana since 2004. More coming up in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next …
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Primary elections take place tomorrow, across Indiana. While there are no statewide votes or elections taking place tomorrow, several municipal elections will determine party candidates for this November’s general election. Early voting in Monroe County ended at noon, today. Earlier this year, the Ellettsville Town Council voted to suspend primary elections, since there are no contested races in Ellettsville at …
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The Bloomington Common Council may heavily amend an ordinance regulating motorized scooter use, proposed by the city’s administration. The proposed ordinance not only regulates scooter operations, it sets fees and data reporting requirements. In its initial form, the proposed rule limits scooter use to sidewalks, provides access to low income riders, and prohibits scooter use for those under the age …
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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 …
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