In this episode we discuss all of this news: Anti-LGBTQ white supremacist Rep. Steve King loses primary after 9 terms Black transgender woman brutally beaten by a crowd of men in a store Rand Paul holds up anti-lynching legislation as he seeks changes to bill And vent some steam. We also mentioned the 1968 Little 500 Sit-in. Friday, June …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020. Later in the program, Sydney Foreman and myself talk to two core members of Black Lives Matter: Bloomington. Also Braydyn Lents reports on hidden coronavirus numbers at a Bloomington nursing home But first, your local headlines. Indiana has reported 4,086 patients in nursing facilities who tested positive for the …
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This week celebrates the birthday of Martin Luther King Junior. King fought tirelessly against racial segregation and discrimination in the 1950s and 60s. Fifty-two years after King’s death, a study by the Pew Center for People in the Press shows the United States still suffers from racial inequality. Rasha Kamhawi looks at how Bloomington remembers his legacy. In a national …
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Part I: Reactions to the Mayor The announcement came yesterday from Mayor John Hamilton: the city will not privatize the farmers market in 2020. The Board of Parks Commissioners voted to remain under city leadership by a unanimous vote on Thursday. Parks Commissioner Lisa Thatcher said at the meeting that the city had greater concerns of protesters at the market …
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