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City Council Considers Scooter Regulations Tonight

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:52 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Common Council will meet at city hall tonight, to discuss additional regulations on scooter use. Tonight’s meeting comes after the publication of survey findings from area residents. Three different surveys on electric scooter use in the city garnered thousands of responses, most of them negative. …

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Gutted Hate Crimes Bill Faces Uncertain Future

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:42 — 13.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBusinesses and community leaders spoke out against the latest version of Indiana’s proposed hate crimes bill, after an amendment in the state senate deleted two-thirds of the proposed legislation. That amendment gutted protections for race, religion, age, sexual orientation and gender identity, among others. Indiana sits on …

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Daily Local News, January 31, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:00 — 61.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA staff photographer at The Herald-Times is dismissed, as newspapers are sold to GateHouse Media; Indiana legislators support a ‘tax amnesty’ program; Supporters of redistricting reform push legislators to act; Sen. (R-Lawrenceberg) Chip Perfect withdraws bill eliminating child labor laws, after conflict of interest scandal; EPA re-schedules …

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Daily Local News – January 30, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:21 — 48.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe design firm selected to expand the Monroe Convention Center said they’re working to ensure public input is part of the process; Layoffs have begun at The Herald-Times of Bloomington; Indiana Sen. (R- Lawrenceberg) Chip Perfect stepped back from his initial effort to revise state child labor laws. FEATURE …

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Bloomington, Local Agencies Support Hate Crimes Bill

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:24 — 16.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreArea service providers in Bloomington signed a letter, supporting a state-wide push to pass hate crimes legislation, this morning. Indiana is one of five states without state hate crimes laws. Any time a hate crime is suspected, federal agencies determine if the violation qualifies as a hate …

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Purple Paint Law Protects Property

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0:56 — 666.9KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA new property law allows Indiana landowners to mark their boundaries with purple spray paint. House Enrolled Act 1233 went into effect on Sunday, allowing property owners in Indiana to switch out no trespassing signs for vertical lines of purple spray paint. The bill hopes to ease …

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Hola Bloomington – July 13, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 42.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLocutores Luis Hernandez, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, y Carlos Bakota hablaron sobre las Noticias, Leyes y Politica.  Nos cuentan sobre las nuevas leyes apartir del primero de Julio, nos cuentan un poco sobre Jim Crow, y terminan con una conversacion sobre las demostracion de “Familias Separadas” en Bloomington.   …

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Bring It On! – April 2, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 40.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSeveral students from Bloomington High School North attended the nation-wide March For Our Lives rally in Washington D.C. Hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea are joined by Caleb Poer, Ruth Nall, and Justin DeMatas. CREDITS Our show’s producer is Clarence Boone, with help from WFHB News Department …

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Pierce: Republicans Could Pass Anything

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:24 — 7.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter arguments in the Indiana Statehouse ended the legislature’s short session, without accomplishing Governor Eric Holcomb’s priority bills, Holcomb announced a special session of the legislature to convene in May. Representative Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) spoke with WFHB News Director Wes Martin about what voters can expect out …

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What the Indiana Legislature Did (and Didn’t) Accomplish this Session

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:48 — 4.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis ‘short session’ of the Indiana legislature is expected to close next Wednesday. As WFHB’s Jonah Chester reports, today is the last day for the legislature to hear bills. Indiana State Senator Mark Stoops and Representative Matt Pierce updated members of Bloomington’s League of Women Voters on …

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