Tag Archives: Indiana News

WFHB Local News – August 8th, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:01 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis 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 …

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The impact of redistricting on Indiana’s 2024 election

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:53 — 10.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCommon 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 …

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WFHB Local News – August 3rd, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:01 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, August 3rd, 2023. This week, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Jeremiah Frei Pearson, Harriet Lowell and Representatives from Westchester Disabled On The Move in their lawsuit against the rideshare company Lyft on a lack of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles or WAV’s. …

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The Cost to Bleed: How the ‘Tampon Tax’ is Worsening Period Poverty

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:51 — 10.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn Indiana bill repealing state tax on menstrual products was denied a hearing; how period poverty impacts women nationwide. Worldwide there are nearly 800,000,000 people who menstruate. Every 28 days they experience a variety of symptoms such as cramps, nausea, bloating, mood swings, fatigue, acne, and bleeding …

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WFHB Local News – July 13th, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:11 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 13th, 2023. Later in the program, Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana. This month we interviewed Michelle Higgs, an activist with Hoosier Action and the national group People’s Action and …

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WFHB Local News – July 6th, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, July 6th, 2023. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Leo Paes reports on racial inequality in sports. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld its abortion ban – saying it …

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WFHB Local News – June 22nd, 2023

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 22nd, 2023. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Zyro Roze explores a new land trust housing development implementing a different model for fostering home ownership for low and median income households here in Bloomington. More in the bottom half of …

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WFHB Local News – Statehouse Roundup, Voices in the Street, Sports News Brief

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:10 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, June 15th, 2023. Later in the program, we have Voices in the Street – public opinion polls in the streets of Bloomington produced by WFHB’s Youth Radio. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next …

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Indiana GOP Gets an Early Start at Senate Vacancy for 2024 Election

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:03 — 13.9MB)Subscribe: RSS“We have a lot of politics in Indiana heading into the 2024 cycle,” said Representative Jim Banks and senate candidate. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb was first elected in 2016, taking his spot in the Indiana State House after former Governor Mike Pence left to take on Washington D.C. as …

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WFHB Local News – January 26th, 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:05 — 42.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, January 26th, 2023. Later in the program, we have Civic Conversations – a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County. More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming …

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