This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, August 8th, 2023. In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Brookelyn Lambright touches on the impact of redistricting on Indiana’s 2024 election, speaking with Executive Director of Common Cause Indiana Julia Vaughn. More in the bottom half of tonight’s program. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – …
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Common Cause Indiana, a nonprofit organization advocating for redistricting reform discusses the impact of severe gerrymandering across the state. In Indiana, the legislative maps used to divide Hoosiers into voting districts are more biased towards one party than 95% of maps drawn in other U.S. states. What is expected to be a fair process meant to encourage voter turnout and …
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Welcome to the April edition of Civic Conversations – your monthly podcast collaboration between the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County and WFHB. In today’s episode, host Jim Allison speaks with Professor Ranjan Rohatgi who was a member of All IN for Democracy’s Citizens Redistricting Commission. Rohatgi is Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Computer Science at St. …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, November 1st, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB News speaks with Brett Voorhies, who was recently re-elected as the president of the Indiana AFL-CIO – the largest federation of unions in the United States. More coming up in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Abe …
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Welcome to the August edition of Civic Conversations – a monthly podcast collaboration between the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County and the WFHB Local News. Today’s topic is redistricting with guests Julia Vaughn of Common Cause and Sonia Leerkamp of Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission. Sonia Leerkamp serves on the board of the Brown County League of …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020. Later in the program, the League of Women Voters bring you the second installment of its podcast, “Civic Conversations.” Today’s program focuses on the problem of gerrymandering. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner reports on Part 2 of her feature on a federal …
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Welcome to the second installment of our podcast series from the League of Women Voters titled “Civic Conversations.” In today’s segment, host Jim Allison talks to guest George Hegeman, professor emeritus of microbiology at Indiana University. Hegeman is a long time advocate and member of the League of Women Voters Redistricting Committee. The topic today is gerrymandering. Listen to find …
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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. …
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