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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, August 5th, 2021. Later in the program, Human Rights Activist Vauhxx Booker condemned felony charges against him related to a racist incident at Lake Monroe over one year ago. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington City Council presented ordinances for the annexation of 8 areas in Monroe County. …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, August 4th, 2021. Later in the program, Indiana will receive 1 million dollars in federal money to deal with ramifications of the opioid crisis. WFHB Correspondent Robert Robinson has that story in the bottom half of tonight’s show. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner provides a …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Max Campbell reports on both the City of Bloomington and the Monroe County perspectives on annexation. Campbell has spent weeks conducting interviews and reporting on the city’s effort to annex 10,000 acres of Monroe County land. Today’s feature, which aired last Thursday, concludes …

This week, we are highlighting two experiences of outside solidarity with prisoners.  First, we share audio from last week’s rally in Indianapolis for clemency, including a recorded statement by Leon Benson, a longtime imprisoned organizer, as well as a speech by his son, Leon Bluitt, about the impact of growing up with an incarcerated parent. After that, we feature an …

This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 29th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Max Campbell concludes his series of Bloomington annexation. You will hear from both the city and county on their respective concerns regarding annexation. That’s coming up in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have a new segment …

This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 28th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with Allison Kuehr, Communications & Public Relations Manager for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, about scholarship and stipend opportunities for student teachers. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Richard Fish covers …

Unemployment benefits in Indiana have been in flux for the past few months. On Monday of last week, Indiana officials filed a second appeal asking the Indiana Court of Appeals to stay an order compelling the state to continue paying federal pandemic unemployment benefits. The appeal marks Governor Eric Holcomb’s continued efforts to halt Indiana’s participation in three federally funded, …

This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, July 27th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Tilly Robinson reports on the state of Indiana reinstating federal unemployment benefits despite Governor Eric Holcomb’s attempts to shut the program down. That’s coming up in today’s feature reports. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB News interviews Cassie Hakken, Marketing …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 26th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Assistant News Director Jake Jacobson interviews Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton, in today’s edition of a Few Minutes with the Mayor. More coming up in the bottom half of tonight’s program. Also coming up in the next half hour, the City of Bloomington released its …

This week on Kite Line, we continue our conversation with prison abolitionist journalists Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law. We share the second half of our discussion on their recent book, Prison by Any Other Name: Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms. The book is an in-depth look at the various “alternatives to prison” that are held up as substitutes for incarceration, but …