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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 4th, 2023. In today’s feature report, local journalist Dave Askins with the B-Square Bulletin discusses the future of local news in his weekly segment on WFHB. More in today’s feature report. That’s Ximena Martinez, our city’s Latino Outreach Coordinator. Learn more about efforts to engage Bloomington’s growing Latino population later in …

The first of June officially kicked off Pride Month. Across the state, LGBTQ+ Hoosiers are celebrating their right to same-sex marriage, gender affirming care, and the opportunity to live authentically. However, this year has also welcomed a growing number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills by Indiana legislation and some Hoosiers are finding it difficult to celebrate Pride Month in light of recent …

Reproductive health care resources are still available in the right places for Hoosiers in need, despite the current instability as Indiana Legislature became the first in the nation to pass an abortion ban responsive to the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade this past June.   Symone Bailey, an 18 year old first year student at community college in …

HEADLINES According to the Louisville Courier Journal, the Biden administration is making its first significant move toward corralling lingering and widespread problems with toxic ash from coal-fired power plants, one of the nation’s most prominent environmental health legacies from more than a century of coal-fired electricity generation. —Norm Holy The New York Times reports America’s greenhouse gas emissions from energy …

When the 2021 legislative session began, more than 75 bills related to the environment had been filed in Indiana’s General Assembly. But as the session passes its halfway point, more than two-thirds of those bills are now dead. —Norm Holy Radio station WBIW reports a new project will focus on assessing, protecting and improving water quality for the Lower Salt …

Good evening. Welcome to the WFHB Local News for Monday, March 30th, 2020. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, 1,786 people tested positive for coronavirus in Indiana. 35 people died from Covid-19 out of 11,685 people tested. These numbers were updated at 11:59 p.m. on March 29th. The Indy Star reports that the final days of the Indiana …

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. …

Bloomington City Council candidate Jim Blickensdorf suspended his campaign yesterday; A bill concerning children who die while in foster care passed unanimously through the Indiana General Assembly on Monday; Monroe County’s criminal justice system will undergo a comprehensive review this year; The Bloomington Common Council again revisited the idea of rebuilding the Fourth Street Garage. FEATURE Limestone Post announced today …

Starting as early as 2021, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction will no longer be elected by Hoosier voters.   The Republican-controlled State Senate voted 29-19 yesterday, to eliminate the elected position and make the state’s highest educator an appointed Secretary of Education. House Bill 1005 was originally approved in 2017, by the Indiana General Assembly. The switch, from an …

Last week, Indiana voters ratified a change in the state’s constitution. The change requires the state’s General Assembly to only pass balanced budgets. This midterm election, residents voted yes on Indiana Public Question #1 to alter the State Constitution. The statehouse revises the state’s budget every two years after the general election takes place. This legislative session is commonly referred …