Tag Archives: Indiana General Assembly

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 23.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES 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. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 24.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhen 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGood 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:46 — 7.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreRedistricting 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.  …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:09 — 29.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:46 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreStarting 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:27 — 1.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana House Speaker Brian Bosma is facing allegations of sexual misconduct and the misuse of campaign contributions. The Republican Speaker for the Indiana House of Representatives is facing allegations of a sexual encounter with a former Democratic intern, dating back to 1992. The incident in question would …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:07 — 22.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana’s Department of Natural Resources withdrew two controversial rule changes, which would have created a bobcat hunting season and would have required state-approved animal control workers to euthanize captured raccoons, coyotes and opossums; The General Assembly approved an oversight committee yesterday, to investigate issues plaguing Indiana’s Department …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:23 — 1.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAs many as 400,00 Hoosiers will not be getting new Medicaid health care coverage, despite efforts from State Senator Karen Tallian to expand the program. Her proposal was turned down and blocked on a party line vote last Monday. “We have proposed a compromise plan. It is …