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WFHB Local News – May 2nd, 2024

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, May 2nd, 2024. Earlier today, protesters gathered outside Bryan Hall to deliver a letter of resignation for Indiana University President Pamela Whitten. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB correspondent Brookelyn Lambright brings to us another segment of History Unbound. But first, …

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WFHB Local News – May 1st, 2024

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 1st, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB News spoke with protesters at Dunn Meadow on Day 1 of Palestine solidarity demonstrations. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, “Three Strikes, No Hit” on Better Beware – your weekly consumer watchdog segment on the WFHB Local …

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Better Beware – Three Strikes No Hits

The fraudsters hit on me all the time, and here are three recent foul-ball attempts to bamboozle me. All were pretty obvious for a number of reasons, and telling you about them is fun! Three strikes, no hits, and all made the error of targeting me.

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WFHB Local News – April 30th, 2024

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. Later in the program, demonstrators gathered at Dunn Meadow to protest Indiana University’s financial relationship with Israel amid its war on Palestine. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub’s Big Fund. …

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Bring It On! – April 29, 2024: Woke-ism (Rebroadcast) – Prize-Winning

This aired originally on November 6, 2023. On Friday, April 26, 2024, this program won First Place for OutstandingContributions in Reporting Events of Public Importance from the Indiana Chapter of The society of Professional Journalists. On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell, explore what the term woke really means.  To help us better understand …

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WFHB Local News – April 29th, 2024

 This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, April 29th, 2024. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Annika Harshbarger gives us a rundown of protests at Dunn Meadow over the course of the last few days. More in today’s feature report. That’s Ryne Shadday from the Bloomington-Monroe County Human Rights Commission. Find out what kind of complaints come in and …

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IU Dunn Meadow Protest: Day by Day

By: Annika Harshbarger TRANSCRIPT 56 people have been arrested since protests started in Dunn Meadow Thursday morning, due to an overnight policy change from Indiana University making prior approval necessary to have tents on campus.  Dunn Meadow has been designated as an area to hold public forums for expression on all subjects Since 1969. Force should not be used to …

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Activate! Ryne Shadday, Human Rights Commission

If you experience discrimination in Bloomington, the Human Rights Commission may be able to help. Last year the city HRC and the county HRC merged into a single entity that investigates complaints of discrimination against protected classes. Both the city and county have extended protection beyond what is federally required, to include sexual orientation and gender identity. As a gay …

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BloomingOUT- Spencer Pride

We are joined by the Spencer Pride contingent! Judi Epp, Lucie Mathieu, and Spencer Pride’s Rainbow Birders organiser, Wendy Wonderly joins Kal and Justin and Melanie all around the big table to talk about Spencer Pride’s programming, give Unity Center updates, and Wendy talks about getting out farther than the closet with a bunch of other queer and allied folks …

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Eco Report – April 26, 2024

On this Fund Drive edition of Eco Report, Kade Young continues his discussion with Maggie Sullivan, Watershed Coordinator for the Friends of Lake Monroe. They will discuss  how healthy the lake is and how long it will survive. Inside Climate Change reports a federal program is expanding electric school bus fleets, but there are still some bumps in the road. …

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