Voices in the Streets asked your friends and neighbors how the state, county, city and campus construction projects have impacted your daily commute, and how? Voices in the Street is produced by WFHB. Jenna Jankowski reported this week’s episode, Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

A groundwater plume contaminated with the chlorinated solvent tetrachloroethene, or PCE, has led the EPA to designate the city of Spencer’s municipal well field – which provides water to approximately 9,900 residents- a Superfund Site. The water is blended and treated before distribution to residents. According to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the municipal water supply in Spencer meets …

Several items: A robocaller gets nailed, the EquiFax breach is even worse than we thought, ‘Congratulations!’ is now a dirty word, and let’s hope you don’t get Rowhammered.

Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources withdrew two controversial rule changes, which would have created a bobcat hunting season and would have required state-approved animal control workers to euthanize captured raccoons, coyotes and opossums; The General Assembly approved an oversight committee yesterday, to investigate issues plaguing Indiana’s Department of Child Services; Bloomington Public Works Director Adam Wason reports a rapidly changing, …

Alaria Spurling is a teenager who writes original guitar driven dark ambient music with a progressive edge. She is this years winner of the Rising Star music competition which was held at Rhino’s Youth Center by the Midway Music Festival. Her powerful vocals are inspired by Flyleaf and Evanescence. SETLIST 1.) Ghost Phase 2 2.) Sweetheart 3.) Astrological 4.) Mind/Matter …

Best known for his path-breaking work on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, published in 1938, Trinidadian C.L.R. James was often at the center of revolutionary politics and theory in the 20th century; a one-time Trotskyist and fully informed by a study of Marx, James’s greatest work extends from beyond the boundaries of politics and reaches into an attention to …

The Indiana Recovery Alliance, based in Bloomington, is closing in on reversing 2,000 overdoses. The announcement comes as a new study puts into context the economic impact of the opioid crisis on Indiana. Founder and Director Chris Abert says while that’s a de-humanizing perspective to approach the public health crisis from, it helps to convince legislators why harm-reduction efforts are …

New research from IU has revealed the economic impact of the opioid crisis. The loss of revenue, and increased incarceration and rehabilitation expenses, are costing the state millions of dollars every day. WFHB correspondent Jonah Chester brings us this report.

In this week’s edition of The Bicentennial Journal, Bloomington City Council member Susan Sandberg talks about the history of women in politics. Sandberg tells us about the first women to serve in Monroe County politics, after women swept the county primary last week. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit Bloomington. More information about …

Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly announced his intention to vote in favor of the nomination of Gina Haspel to be CIA director on Saturday; The Indiana General Assembly passed five bills, in the space of a few hours, during yesterday’s special legislative session; New research from IU has revealed the economic impact of the opioid crisis; Money from the sale of …