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In today’s feature report, Monroe County attorney Margie Rice and Deputy Mayor Mick Renneisen talk to WFHB about the County Convention Center expansion, as the city and the county continue to clash over the project. Bianca Pugliesi provides an update on the expansion. Your local headlines: The City of Bloomington spent nearly twenty times more for police overtime in 2019 …

Bloomington Redevelopment Commissioners approved a Notice of Offering for the Walnut Street property formerly known as Night Moves. Six students studying in China as a part of Indiana University’s flagship capstone program, were told to head back to Bloomington in the wake of the coronavirus spreading rapidly across China. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding nearly …

Redistricting is how congressional and state legislative boundaries are drawn. Five Thirty Eight said in the state of Indiana, there are no competitive districts. This means there isn’t a single district in Indiana where both parties have a 1 in 6 chance of winning a congressional election.  Districts redrawn after the 2020 U.S. Census face another decade of unequal representation. …

The state of Indiana has a bad reputation for pollution. It may lead some to wonder: Why? One of the largest reasons came from the man-made material called PCB, short for Polychlorinated Biphenyl. PCBs are made from 209 individual chlorinated compounds called congeners. They range from light oily fluids to heavy oils, greases and waxes. The use of PCBs began …

In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner provides the history of PCBs in Monroe County. But first, your local headlines. Planning Director Kevin Tolloty proposed a tax abatement for Richland Senior Citizen Housing to the Ellettsville Town Council. Hoosier Energy plans to close a Sullivan County power plant due to a switch to more environmentally sustainable sources of energy. …

Law firm Mallor Grodner LLP filed a tort claim notice against the City of Bloomington representing activist and academic Cara Caddoo. A tort claim is a civil case brought against a party if it caused the plaintiff suffering, loss or harm – resulting in legal liability. The law firm said Caddoo was wrongfully arrested at the Bloomington Farmers Market in …

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 …

Welcome to the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020. In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Rasha Kamhawy dives into an interview with Bloomington Black Lives Matter. Meanwhile, Katrine Bruner provides a recap of the recently passed smoking age restriction. But first, your local headlines. Bloomington Fourth Street parking garage construction delays are costing the city $2,000 a week …

Two weeks ago, eight advocates and eight bishops, released a proposal that calls for a “amicable separation” of the United Methodist Church. The proposal prompted a special session of the church’s legislative session last February. The special session, which addressed full inclusion of the LGBTQ community, was left unresolved. Lisa Schubert Nowling is the lead pastor of the First United …

In today’s segment, we brought you news that at least ¼ of a million children would be harmed by the cancellation of the DACA, according to an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court. On Monday, the Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals threw its support behind the county’s suite against property owner, Joe Huff, for allegedly violating local zoning …