Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:07 — 33.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | More2013 was a volatile year for education in Indiana. Education leaders made national headlines with their highly visible dysfunction and disputes, most stemming from a rocky relationship between newly-elected State Board of Education Superintendent Glenda Ritz and the Indiana Department of Education. CREDITS The Best of 2013 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:45 — 26.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhile political battles in Congress forced cuts to social services across the country in 2013, the year also saw a combination of local events affecting a population that has long depended on the social safety net. People experiencing homelessness were at the center of controversies over police …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:03 — 31.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Senate Bill 371 easily passed into law this year, but the act, which reclassifies health clinics and imposes unnecessary procedures and counseling to families seeking abortions, has yet to be implemented due to a recent court ordered injunction declaring the law unconstitutional. Today, we look back …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:13 — 32.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIssues surrounding trash and recycling were in the news all year long during 2013. Early this year the local solid waste district expanded its services for rural customers. Then, over the summer, a business that accepted recyclables in downtown Bloomington was forced to close due to financial …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:43 — 35.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe fight for marriage equality reached the boiling point in 2013. From the landmark Supreme Court decisions striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and deferring to the lower court decision that found the ban of same-sex marriage created by California’s Proposition 8 referendum to be …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:21 — 32.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA source of national controversy and the impetus behind the October shutdown of the federal government, the ACA produced two big issues in Indiana. The creation of the 29-hour work week allowed employers to avoid providing health care benefits to part-time workers, and Indiana lawmakers refused to …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:58 — 51.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOne of the biggest national stories in 2013 was the continuing inability for the Federal Government to govern in a bi-partisan manner or in fact to govern at all. Beginning with the automatic cuts commonly referred to as the sequester in March as a result of the …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:27 — 48.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter decades of debate and protest, 2013 saw the first segments of Interstate 69 begin construction in Monroe and Greene counties. In 2012, a 67-mile stretch of the new road was finished in Southern Indiana, connecting Evansville to the area near the Crane Naval base. Then, by …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:17 — 25.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Occupy Movement and a string of student sit ins and protests during the 2012 election year led to a standing assembly of students staff and faculty working together to include their voice in conversations typically reserved for IU administrators and trustees. This year the group organized …
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