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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, April 28th, 2022.
Later in the program, WFHB Environmental Affairs Correspondent Nathaniel Weinzapfel concludes his series on how climate change impacts Indiana.
More in the bottom half of our program.
Also coming up in the next half hour, we have Strike Mic – Voices from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition in light of their recent strike against Indiana University.
But first, your local headlines.
Bloomington City Council
During public comment at the Bloomington City Council meeting on April 20th, resident Greg Alexander shared his concerns about apartment complexes that are being proposed isolated from the neighborhoods and without access to sidewalks and public transportation.
Bloomington resident Sheryll Walter asked the council to add a four-way stop to the intersection between Sheridan and Maxwell that she said is unsafe due to the increase in the volume of traffic and the speed on the road.
Council members Piedmont-Smith, Flaherty, Rollo, and Rosenbarger sponsored a resolution to support the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition. Council member Isabel Piedmont-Smith presented the resolution.
The council voted unanimously in support of the graduate workers. The next city council meeting will be held on May 4th.
Monroe County Public Library
On April 20th at the Monroe County Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, audiences heard from Dr. Vernon Kintro about the Healthnet Homeless Initiative. The Healthnet staff asked to host clinics at the public libraries. He said that they would like to start a clinic at one site as a pilot program and expand from there.
Healthnet Nurse Practitioner Abbey Wons clarified how the clinic would operate.
Social Worker Mellissa Virgis explained why they chose to meet the community at libraries.
Virgis also said that they are in contact with the Shalom Center and Wheeler mission so that they are not providing overlapping services.
Board member Nichelle Whitney Wash asked if the patients being referred to other practices would be guaranteed assistance due to the current lack of healthcare available.
Dr. Kintro said that they will keep working with a patient until they are able to get help from medical specialists. He also said that they are able to use their connections with Health Net to call in favors if patients need urgent help.
The board will hear from them again before they are asked to vote on the partnership. The next board of trustees meeting will be on May 18th.
Feature Reports:
Up next, we have Strike Mic – Voices from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition in light of their recent strike against Indiana University. We turn now to that segment.
In today’s feature report, WFHB Environmental Affairs Correspondent Nathaniel Weinzapfel features an interview with Jesse Kharbanda, the Executive Director of the Hoosier Environmental Council. This concludes Weinzapfel’s series on how climate change impacts Indiana. We turn to Nathaniel Weinzapfel for more.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Today’s headlines were written by Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Nathaniel Weinzapfel.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.
