This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, October 12th, 2021. Later in the program, we will broadcast an excerpt from our public affairs program Bring It On, Indiana’s only weekly radio program committed to exploring the people, issues and events impacting the African-American community. Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea speak with State Representative Ragen Hatcher, a Democrat from …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 11th. Later in the program, WFHB News speaks with Margaret Clements, Vice President of Monroe County Residents Against Annexation, about the remonstration process. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have an update on the 7 Oaks School and their compliance with the local …
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Our main story this week is a contribution from our friends at Perilous Chronicle. Perilous is an independent digital research and media project focused on prisons, and moments of protest, unrest, and repression inside them in the US and Canada. This week, Perilous Chronicle’s Ridley Seawood guides us through the The Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) at Moose Lake, with …
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HEADLINES The Indiana Environmental Reporter reviews the past and future of forests on state land. In the 1970s and 80s, Republican Indiana governors Orr and Bowen established three backcountry areas in state forests that would keep the backwoods intact and logging at bay. Today they are no longer safe from being logged. —Norm Holy A federal court in Los Angeles …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, October 5th, 2021. Later in the program, we have Part I of an interview with Judah Schept, an organizer for Decarcerate Monroe County, regarding the expansion of the Monroe County Jail. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, October 5th, 2021. Later in the program, we have the latest edition of A Few Minutes with the Mayor – a weekly interview with Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton on community issues. Noelle Herhusky-Schneider has more in the bottom half of tonight’s show. Also coming up in the next half hour, in order …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, October 4th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB News speaks with the communications head of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education about the opening of the Free Application for Federal Student AID, better known as FAFSA. More coming up in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, City …
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In 2008, Monroe County moved to build a new, expanded jail -framed as a “justice campus” using humanitarian rhetoric. In response, a diverse group of local residents founded an organization called Decarcerate Monroe County (DMC). Judah Schept, who returns as our guest alongside Micol Seigel, was an organizer in the successful DMC campaign to block jail expansion here, as well …
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This is the WFHB Local News for September 30th, 2021. Later in the program, we have a new edition of Prescription for Healthcare – a monthly podcast collaboration between WFHB and Medicare for All – Indiana. More in the bottom half of tonight’s show. Also coming up in the next half hour, on Tuesday, Beacon Inc. hosted a memorial vigil …
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HEADLINES The Indiana Environmental Reporter says solar energy has the potential to comprise up to 40% of the nation’s energy supply by 2035, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, but pushback from utilities and lawmakers could limit how much Hoosiers can contribute to the solarization effort. —Norm Holy The environmental news from Montana isn’t good: last month, the state’s …
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