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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:55 — 41.1MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, May 13th, 2024. In today’s feature report, local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin reads an item from his weekly newsletter for the WFHB Local News. More in today’s feature report. That’s Sandra Freund, director of the Sing For …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:56 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSS  Hello and welcome to EcoReport. For WFHB, I’m Julianna Dailey.  And I’m Frank Marshalek. In this edition of EcoReport, we have the second half of a discussion between Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze and Delaney Barber – Outreach, Energy and Climate Coordinator for the Hoosier Environmental Council. And now for …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:44 — 3.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana State Senate approved a nearly $34.5 billion state budget, today. Indiana works on a biennial budget, meaning every two years the state legislature votes on allocating billions of dollars to the state’s general fund. The 2020-2021 budget is nearly $3 billion more than the budget …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:19 — 67.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCity Council to discuss scooter regulations; Indiana lawmakers address school safety and mental health issues; Monroe County Council approves funding for restorative justice initiative; Juvenile Service taxes get re-authorized. FEATURE WFHB Correspondent Kade Young talks to Peter Schubert, Director of Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:24 — 4.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County Community Schools Superintendent Judi DeMuth is taking issue with discrepancies in MCCSC teacher compensation data distributed recently by Indiana State Representative Peggy Mayfield. In last night’s MCCSC school board meeting, DeMuth provided an excerpt from a handout she said Mayfield distributed at a recent education …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:25 — 62.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreArea service providers, including the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, are stocking up in order to cover the so-called SNAP Gap, following the federal government shutdown; The City of Bloomington began an extensive survey of municipal trees, last week; Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton will give his annual State of the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:40 — 70.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBall State Study says that Indiana’s housing market never fully recovered from the Great recession; Indiana Senate passes bill further restricting annexation by municipal governments; Ellettsville wracked by flooding; Bloomington Transit to receive an additional nine million dollars in funding for 2019. FEATURE Indiana Recovery Alliance Director …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:57 — 11.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe City of Bloomington plans to distribute $800,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds, this year.  The Community Kitchen, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, and Hoosier Hills Food Bank are to receive $25,000 dollars each, for emergency needs; Monroe County United Ministries and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington are …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 135.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreErin Tuttle is the author of Deconstructing the Administrative State: The Fight for Liberty. She was the guest speaker of the November 29, 2018 meeting of the Grassroots Conservatives. Tuttle presented arguments against government bureaucracy, from the Monroe County Public Library. Her lecture was filmed by CATS …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:25 — 67.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Gov. Eric Holcomb gave his State of the State Address, last night; MCCSC Board member Cathy Fuentes Rohrer resigned as Board Secretary; The Monroe County Health Department is expected to receive $170,000 in federal grant funding for disease intervention. FEATURE Jennifer Crossley was sworn in on Sunday …