We launch into this episode with our monthly roundup of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle. Afterwards, we have audio from a prisoner, Paul Lee, reporting on a massive transfer of inmates back in February from Pontiac, Illinois correctional facility to Centralia Correctional Center due to an ongoing black mold problem, which had been accumulating at the facility for …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, August 4th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with Dr. Jennifer Drobac, Professor of Law at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University, about the future of abortion law in Indiana. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the …
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HEADLINES WFIU reported the northern Indiana utility NIPSCO wants to raise rates to clean up coal ash ponds at its Michigan City coal plant. Other utilities in the state may be following suit. Activists say NIPSCO’s customers shouldn’t have to pay for what they call an “incomplete” cleanup. —Norm Holy Pam Roberts, with MC-IRIS, has identified the Callery Pear as …
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WFHB Assistant Program Director Christine Brackenhoff speaks with Jess Marchbank, the state programs manager for the All Options Pregnancy Resource Center in Bloomington. They discuss what All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center is and does, All-Options’ experience since the Supreme Court’s overturn Roe v. Wade, what the Hoosier Abortion Fund is and how it works, and how volunteers can support pregnant people …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022. Later in the program, a near total ban on abortion passed through an Indiana House committee on Tuesday. The bill now advances to the state’s House of Representatives where it awaits discussion and a final vote. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022. Later in the program, the Indiana House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code heard public testimony today on the proposed abortion ban bill recently passed in the Senate. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission heard a petition …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 1st, 2022. Later in the program, Indiana Republican Senators passed a bill on Saturday that bans abortions in the state with exceptions for rape, incest or if the mother’s life is in danger. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have some recent prison-related …
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We are again sticking close to home this week. We share the second part of a panel on the effects of incarceration on families. Max E. Smith, Becky Harris, Stacy Flynn, and Ashley C. Ford speak on their experiences of having incarcerated loved ones or how their time inside affected their family members. All Indiana residents, they tell us about …
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WFHB Assistant Program Director Christine Brackenhoff spoke with Dr. Alison Case, a family medicine provider based in Indiana. She is also an abortion provider and leads the Indiana chapter of the Reproductive Health Access Project. Following the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade and facing the special session of state lawmakers in Indiana, Dr. Case discusses her concerns regarding …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 28th, 2022. In today’s feature report, WFHB Assistant News Director Noelle Herhusky-Schneider spoke with Board Member of the Indiana Forest Alliance Lora Kemp about a timber sale at the Owen-Putnam State Forest and what can be done about it. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in …
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