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Hola Bloomington – July 13, 2018

Locutores Luis Hernandez, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, y Carlos Bakota hablaron sobre las Noticias, Leyes y Politica.  Nos cuentan sobre las nuevas leyes apartir del primero de Julio, nos cuentan un poco sobre Jim Crow, y terminan con una conversacion sobre las demostracion de “Familias Separadas” en Bloomington.   Hosts, Luis Hernandez, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, and Carlos Bakota talk about News, Law and Politicas.  …

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July 13, 2018: Anti-Detention Occupations from Australia to America, Part Two

Last week, Aren Aizura guided us through the history of colonialism in Australia, including racist measures to control non-white immigration, and later, in the 1980s, the implementation of mandatory detention for refugees. He focused on his experiences in an occupation outside the remote Woomera Detention Center, and the way that supporters on the outside grew in numbers, intensifying pressure on …

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City Approves Extended Hours Drilling At Grimes Interchange

Bloomington residents near the Grimes and Walnut Street sewer replacement project will have to bear another month of night time drilling. Last week, the Bloomington Board of Public Works gave its permission for contractor ISI Incorporated to work 24 hours a day for two weeks, excluding weekends. The City of Bloomington Utilities is replacing the sewer lines in the area, …

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Daily Local News – July 12, 2018

Bloomington residents near the Grimes and Walnut Street sewer replacement project will have to bear another month of night time drilling. Among the proposed changes in a new traffic plan for Bloomington is an idea to replace the existing north and south one ways of Walnut and College, in downtown Bloomington, with two-way streets.  The city of Bloomington is removing addresses …

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City Removes Overdose Addresses from Web Map

The city of Bloomington is removing addresses of fatal overdoses from their data portal. The move comes after community members objected to a map on the city’s opioid data website – BloomingtonRevealed.com. That map displayed the addresses where fatal overdoses had occurred within city limits.

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New Farm Bill Will Affect SNAP Benefits

Congress is currently reconciling the Senate and House of representatives respective Farm Bills, both of which won largely partisan support. Among the proposed changes are increases in requirements for Hoosiers to qualify for SNAP benefits – formerly called food stamps. In today’s Feature Report, WFHB Correspondent Jonah Chester takes us through how the proposed changes could effect Hoosiers, particularly when it …

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Karaoke King Darran Mosley

Brought up in a strict Pentecostal home in Indianapolis’ tough 2G neighborhood, Darran Mosley avoided the lures of the streets and fell in love with music. He’s making a name for himself in Bloomington as the proprietor of Misfit Toy Entertainment, deejaying and kayjaying all around town. He also sings lead vocals for the Prince tribute band, Royalty, and “old-school …

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Voices in the Street: Trump’s Pick for Supreme Court

On July 10th, President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to fill the resignation seat of Justice Kennedy. Voices in the street asked your friends and neighbors there opinion on Trump’s second nominee to the Supreme Court. Voices in the Street is produced by Community Radio, WFHB. This week’s episode was produced by, Jenna Jankowski.

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Daily Local News – July 11, 2018

Women’s reproductive rights advocates and religious conservatives traded arguments at the Monroe County Council’s Sophia Travis Grant distribution; County Council allocated $25,000 to the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District to distribute 30,000 reusable plastic shopping bag. FEATURE City officials met yesterday to address public demand to remove the addresses of fatal opioid overdoses from the city’s data website. WFHB …

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Hacked Construction Sign Displays Community Ire at Armored Vehicle

A construction sign on the corner of Grimes Lane and South Woodlawn Avenue in Bloomington was hacked this morning. Instead of displaying construction and traffic pattern information, the hacked sign read “BURN THE BEARCAT,” in reference to the city’s acquisition over the weekend of an armored vehicle for its police department. The Lenco Bearcat armored vehicle has continued to be …

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