In this week’s Feature, W-F-H-B Correspondent Norm Holy speaks with Larry Caplan, Horticulturist with Purdue University Extension, about whitetail deer habitat and diet.

The City of Bloomington’s December deer cull succeeded in culling 62 deer from the Lake Griffy Nature Preserve. The Indiana legislature is considering bills including a law that would prohibit municipalities from taxing or abolishing Air BnBs. Both the Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana Senate have passed legislation that would allow for the sale of alcohol on Sundays. …

Indiana President Brett Voorhees says the state’s AFL-CIO chapter is currently lobbying to get Indiana Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly re-elected. Donnelly’s seat is currently considered a Democratic bastion in one of 11 states where Republicans hold a super majority, and is the target of several Republican hopefuls this election year. Voorhees says the AFL-CIO is also employing nearly a dozen …

A new scam on email threatens dire consequences if you don’t pay!

On January 6, the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County gathered with five local representatives for an update on legislative action. Legislators in attendance were District 60 Rep. Peggy Mayfield, R-Martinsville; District 62 Rep. Jeff Ellington, R-Bloomington; District 61 Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington; District 46 Rep. Bob Heaton, R-Terre Haute; and District 40 state Sen. Mark Stoops, D-Bloomington.

Air date: 01/29/2018 For the past 48 years, the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra has been a musical home for local residents who want to keep their love of music alive, providing them performance opportunities and a real sense of community. And for the past 20 years, BSO has been the volunteer home for Donna Lafferty. She originally started as a volunteer …

When people are arrested as suspects for a crime, they are often held on bail. That money is held as a guarantee that the accused will show up for a court date. But, as WFHB’s Jonah Chester reports, the bail bond system can have a disproportionately harmful effect on the poor, often leading them to lose their housing, jobs, and …

A West Lafayette church found threats and hate speech on banners hung outside its fence this weekend. The spray-painted banners, outside of the Tippecanoe County Universalist Church, threatened to revisit the mass shootings in Las Vegas and Orlando. They also contained frequent use of derogatory slurs against homosexuals, African-Americans, and Hispanics. The banners were found after the church joined with …

Today we discuss the ideology of market egalitarianism and versions of libertarianism from the Levellers in 17th century England through Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand” and Tom Paine’s Rights of Man and on to Lincoln’s political argument to poor whites that wage labor was slave labor and a man should instead stand on his own two feet on his own plot …

The City of Bloomington’s Human Rights Commission have selected Bloomington PRIDE to receive the Human Rights Award this year. The award is given to organizations or individuals who demonstrate a commitment to equal access in housing, employment, education, and community life for people with disabilities. Nominations also recognize those who have worked in advocating for civility and tolerance. From it’s …