On Monday Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan announced during a forum sponsored by the Bloomnigton Chamber of Commerce that the city needs to install smart-metered parking downtown. WFHB news director Alycin Bektesh spoke with City Council member Steve Volan this afternoon, asking why the need for paid parking has come up, for this WFHB Feature Exclusive.

Election fraud is a buzz-word topic that comes out of the woodwork each election cycle. Though studies have shown that there is little evidence of election fraud, or that it has ever affected an election, the Untied States Department of Justice is still working hard to curtail any opportunities for election fraud during the current election cycle. Joseph H. Hogsett, …

WFHB’s Candidate Roundtable series continues as Host Ryan Dawes leads discussions with candidates for County Council including Julie L. Thomas of District 2 (D), Nelson Shaffer of District 2 (R), and Dave Nakarado of District 3 (L).

Last week, the Monroe County Council voted to pass a nearly $30 million County budget for 2013. When the Council asked for public input, just four people spoke. Three of them were members of the organization Decarcerate Monroe County. Those members questioned why the County set aside more than half next year’s budget for the local justice system. Between the …

Gubernatorial Candidate John Gregg and Congressman Joe Donnelly spoke at the “Hoosier Common Sense” Rally today in Indianapolis as a part of the Democratic Party’s “get out the vote” efforts. Gregg will be facing Republican Mike Pence, Libertarian Rupert Boneham, and write-in Donnie Harold Harris in the upcoming election for the Governor of Indiana. Donnelly will be running in the …

Indiana University Students Christine White and Kae Grossman stopped by the WFHB studios this week to talk about their involvement in a “meet the candidates” forum that was held on camps to introduce students to their local candidates, as well as give candidates access to student views. The format was casual, as each candidate met with small groups of students …

IU Bloomington administration and Board of Trustees has been discussing the possible outsourcing of its parking operations. Many IU faculty, staff and students have spoken out against this proposal and have stated a petition in opposition. David Murphy spoke with Ed Vasquez, President of CWA Local 4730, the union that represents support staff on the Bloomington and Northwest campuses of …

A report released last week by the Bloomington Deer Task Force has caused debate about just what should be done – if anything – about the city’s growing deer population. The task force has recommended several fairly uncontroversial tactics for dealing with the herd, including instituting a feeding ban and allowing tall fences. But the task force also suggests hunting …

WFHB’s Candidate Roundtable series continues as Host Joe Crawford leads discussions with candidates for County Council including Cheryl Munson (D), Lee Jones (D), Geoff McKim (D), Bryan Ellison (R), and Skip Daley (R).

Correspondent Nash Hott met with nuclear physicist Mike Snow. Snow is a researcher and professor at Indiana University, and gives exclusive insight into the science of nuclear physics and IU’s particle accelerators.