Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:00 — 20.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWith temperatures falling below freezing as we approach mid-winter, the city has opted to evict the tent residents at Seminary Square. Almost simultaneously, Beacon, Inc. (formerly the Shalom Community Center) announced the opening of a new low-barrier shelter in a large commercial gym facility near Switchyard Park. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:46 — 20.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA low-barrier, emergency winter shelter is set to open tonight for people experiencing homelessness in Bloomington. Reverend Forrest Gilmore, executive director of Beacon Inc., announced the opening of Beacon’s Winter Shelter in an interview with WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty on Monday. “It was prompted by urgency,” said …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:04 — 22.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County brings you the latest installment of its podcast on the WFHB Local News – Civic Conversations. Today’s episode revolves around disinformation and features our guest, Professor Betsi Grabe of the IU Media School. Professor Grabe says disinformation can be …
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Indiana has made no plans to vaccinate teachers yet. Senator Shelli Yoder is calling for teachers to be included in the next round of the state’s Covid-19 vaccinations.
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Council-Member Matt Flaherty speaks to his decision to sign an open letter opposing the eviction of the Seminary Park homeless encampment.
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Aaron Comforty interviews Dr. Downs on senators' procedural attempts to challenge the election results.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:51 — 8.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to the latest installment of Civic Conversations, a podcast brought to you in collaboration with the League of Women Voters Bloomington-Monroe County and WFHB. In today’s program, host Jim Allison speaks with Sheila Kennedy, Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:33 — 3.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees recommended on the Tuesday meeting that they should join a multidistrict lawsuit against the company. The lawsuit has already gained traction, involving nearly 100 school districts over the past couple of years. It was first filed in California …
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We have people who are charged with crimes, and who are put, against their will, into this place that restricts their freedom and is incredibly dangerous... Procedurally, they have no mechanism by which to seek their constitutional protection of a trial... Without that, you’re languishing. It’s a horrible situation.
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WFHB reporter Aaron Comforty interviewed Rev. Gilmore on the City's clandestine actions to remove a homeless encampment from Seminary Park.
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