WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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The Bloomington City Council is reviewing the procedures for the use of the police department’s armored vehicle during their meeting, tonight; Firefighters and emergency service providers will soon be applying for a slice of the local public safety tax pie; The Indiana Department of Revenue redistributed nearly a half million dollars in taxes to Monroe County, last week. The unemployment rate in Indiana is currently lower than the national average, according to the May Indiana Unemployment Report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development; Dimension Mill Executive Director Pat East says the renovation of the former furniture factory into a co-work and tech incubator space is on track to be open by October 31.
FEATURE: Today is World Refugee Day. This afternoon, President Trump indicated he will sign an executive order, putting a stop to the separation of children from their families at the US – Mexico border. In today’s feature report, we’ll hear from Exodus Refugee Resettlement Executive Director Cole Varga, about the impact of Trump’s policies on the resettlement of refugees across the country, and the state of Indiana.
BETTER BEWARE: Fake sweepstakes have raked in billions of dollars from individual consumers. You’ll hear more about the tell-tale signs of a fake sweepstake, on a new edition of our consumer watchdog segment Better Beware!
CREDITS: Today’s headlines were written by Frances Sheets, Wes Martin, and Sarah Vaughan, in partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Better Beware was produced by Richard Fish,
Our feature was produced by executive producer Wes Martin.
Our engineer today is Jenna Jankowski.
Our theme music is provided by Ben Lumsdaine, Dani Graf, and Scott Schmadeke.
Our anchors today are Scott Weddle and Barbara Fuqua.
