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Bloomington and Monroe County residents gathered for the first State of the Black Community in Bloomington City Council Chambers last night. Presenting at the conference were Safe and Civil City Director Rafi Hasan; Black Democratic Caucus Chair William Hosea; Attorney Geoff Bradley; and Associate Professor of Education Stephanie Power-Carter, along with Caleb Poer. The speakers presented research findings on racial …

The Koch brothers are reportedly spending $4 million to attack what they consider ‘vulnerable’ democratic candidates, including Joe Donnelly; Indiana Senate Republican Leader David Long announced his unexpected resignation yesterday; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill spent yesterday evening with President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, at a reception celebrating Black History Month at the White House; The Cook Group clears another hurdle in …

Residents of Bloomington spoke out this afternoon against the purchase of an armored car by city police. Dozens of reporters, local government officials and concerned citizens gathered in the Bloomington Police Department Headquarters at noon, to ask questions of BPD Chief Mike Diekhoff. Their concerns were largely that the $225,000 armored vehicle would be used against protesters, and represented an …

Experts in the Centers for Disease Control and the Indiana State Department of Health are saying his year’s flu season is particularly bad; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill releases an opinion letter in opposition of proposed hate crime legislation up for consideration by in the Indiana Senate; Two areas of north Bloomington could get relief from water main breaks and low water …

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Bill and Rich give the Lake Monroe report. Not much happening, no ice fishing. Don calls in from Florida, crop problems in Florida concerning the recent winter weather. Bill talks about sunflower seed pie, which he heard about recently. Spring hunting seasons, turkey season rules. Upcoming hunting seasons. Deer cul …

Mattie Fuller came to Bloomington with her family in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Fuller became one of the most celebrated and recognized African-Americans in Monroe County’s history. We’ll hear excerpts from her diaries and correspondences, in this week’s edition of The Bicentennial Journal—looking back on 200 years of history in South Central Indiana. Support for The Bicentennial …

The one hundred block of Kirkwood Avenue could look decidedly more modern when an empty parking lot next to CVS is replaced with a condominium project. The City of Bloomington’s Case Manager James Roach described the project in last night’s Bloomington Plan Commission meeting. The proposed development will contain more than two thousand square feet of commercial space on the …

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Bill and Rich read a spring poem that talks about the hope for spring. The boys talk about making maple syrup. Don calls in from Florida, and they talk about Groundhogs Day, and Punxatawney Phil the groundhog, more about making maple syrup in the late winter, using sorghum to make …

This episode, we start out with a statement from Anastazia Schmid, a prisoner in the Indiana Women’s Prison. She walks us through a brief history of how prisons, and specifically the modern practice of prison slave labor, came about. She also talks through some basics of how prison serves to isolate those on the inside, and the importance of outside …

The Indiana Legislature’s Short Session is set to end on March 15th and this afternoon the legislature struck down a number of bills; Indiana Senate Republicans initiate a last-minute proposal to allow 10 percent of public school districts’ teachers to be unlicensed; Indiana House Democrats say they’re worried about state of the Department of Child Services; The city of Bloomington’s …