Hello and welcome to Eco Report. Today’s anchors are Julianna Dailey and Cynthia Roberts-Hall. Later in today’s program, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze attended the second public meeting for the Allen Street Greenway connector which will link Madison and Morton Streets in the McDoel Gardens neighborhood. We will have an excerpt from the event held yesterday by Hank Duncan, the City’s …
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Hello and welcome to Eco-Report. For W-F-H-B, I’m Julianna Dailey. And I’m Frank Marshalek. Today on the program, we have the second half of an interview with Hank Duncan, the City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator. Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze asks Duncan about some of the controversy and safety concerns surrounding alternative modes of transit like the E-scooters currently left at all …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, February 14th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Haley Moss, Florida’s first openly autistic lawyer, in Part Three of our new weekly segment, Disability as Ability. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, we have some recent prison-related news and announcements …
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State Senate Republicans passed an amendment to Indiana’s leading Hate Crimes Bill, yesterday evening. Republican State Senators voted to pass an amendment to Senate Bill 12, which deleted two-thirds of the proposed hate crimes bill; The original 21 page document was cut down to just seven pages, after the State Senate Republicans voted to pass an amendment gutting the bill. …
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Today, we are sharing the next part of an interview with Talila Lewis and Dustin Gibson, two organizers and researchers addressing the intersection of disability and incarceration. You heard their interview about the impact of prison on the Deaf community, and the organization they work with, HEARD- Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf. Now, Dustin starts out …
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The line between personal and professional interests have blurred around the issue of accessibility for Chris Jackson, the chair of the City’s Council for Community Accessibility’s AccessAbility subcommittee. In his professional life, he manages community outreach services for the Monroe County Public Library, specifically around the accessibility of services for all community members through programs like the Bookmobile. After attending …
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The Bloomington City Council approved a 10-year tax break for an affordable housing development, during their session last week. Under the agreement, the developers would get a 98 percent tax break for ten years. Southern Knoll, a 31-unit affordable apartment complex, will be located on West Third Street, across from Rose Hill Cemetery. Southern Knoll is to provide one-, two- …
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