WFHB Local News Features

The Bloomington City Council approved the city’s first Sustainability Action Plan last night. The plan includes goals covering eight focus areas, including climate change, energy, transportation, local food, waste and water. The new plan was lauded by council members. The city’s assistant director of sustainability Autumn Salamack said the plan was created with direct input from the community. The council …

Monroe County Elections Supervisor Karen Wheeler is busy. Wheeler said over 1000 people are walking into Monroe County Elections Central in downtown Bloomington every day, to cast their ballot for the 2018 midterm election. With just two weeks left before the election, Wheeler said the number of early voters she’s seeing is on par with 2016’s presidential election. That’s unprecedented, …

One week after the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill wants the Supreme Court to review and potentially reverse a lower court’s decision on Indiana abortion law. In April, the Seventh Circuit court struck down two provisions of Indiana’s House Enrolled Act 1337. The two provisions, one prohibiting abortions on a basis of the fetus’ sex, …

Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun, Libertarian candidate Lucy Brenton, and incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly debated for the first time, last night. The debate, hosted by the nonpartisan Indiana Debate Commission, took place yesterday evening at the Purdue campus in Westville, Indiana.

Anti-abortion protesters at Indiana University’s Bloomington campus had their signs vandalized. WFHB correspondent Annie Aguiar brings us a report about why the university must allow protesters to continue to come to campus. Anti-abortion protesters on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington had their signs, which depicted fetuses and pro-life slogans, defaced this afternoon. Indiana University is a public institution, and …

City of Bloomington Public Works Director Adam Wason said international restrictions on recycling are being felt in local wallets. Wason said the city is in the process of renegotiating a recycling contract with Hoosier Disposal, which may cost the city more taxpayer dollars, due to international tariffs. International trade wars with China are effecting recycling abilities on the municipal level …

WARNING: These stories depict actions of sexual assault, please listen at your discretion. Bloomington residents gathered at Third Street Park in downtown, this afternoon. About 20 community members assembled as part of a nation-wide walkout, aimed at supporting women who have survived sexual assault. The walkout in Bloomington was organized by the women’s shelter Middle Way House. Executive Director Debra …

The Indiana Department of Child Services published their Childhood fatality report from 2016, yesterday. In today’s Feature Report, WFHB Correspondent Annie Aguiar speaks with DCS Spokesperson Noelle Russell.

Indiana has the third highest maternal mortality rate in the country. On Thursday, Building a Thriving Compassionate Community (BTCC) will host a community discussion about the outcomes for mothers and mothers-to-be, at the Monroe County Public Library. WFHB Correspondent Annie Aguiar brings us the story.

Unemployment across Indiana is below the national average, but according to a new report by the Indiana Institute for Working Families, more Hoosiers are taking jobs that pay less than the rest of their Midwestern peers. WFHB Correspondent Gabe Donnelly speaks with the report’s author, IIWF Senior Policy Analyst Andrew Bradley.