Tag Archives: Legislation

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:34 — 67.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBill would require high school graduates to pass a civics exam; Another bill allows for same-day voter registration and extended polling hours; Bloomington Utilities Department works on remediation plan for old city water tank site; City of Bloomington plans to distribute $800,000 in community development block grant …

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 …

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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:32 — 29.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington Mayor John Hamilton announced he will stand for re-election next year; An Indiana University Fraternity has had its charter revoked; Monroe County Commissioners have approved a setback requirement that will allow a planned residential development on South Rockport Road to go forward; FEATURE We’ll hear from …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:18 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBoth Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Indiana have signaled they’re willing to push legislation in January, seeking to legalize medical marijuana. Voices in The Street’s Isaak Gonzalez asks area listeners how the feel about the legalization of medical marijuana in Indiana. 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:09 — 1.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana lawmakers are expected to take up illegal and unwanted phone calls in January. Telemarketers and fraudulent scammers are using advances in technology to skirt federal and state telemarketing laws in Indiana. The Associated Press reports some telemarketers are now using “spoof” numbers to make it appear …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:47 — 1.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe SUPPORT Act, passed the US Senate 98 to 1 yesterday. Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly spoke on the senate floor promoting provisions to the opioid crisis legislation. The incumbent Democratic Senator proposed three provisions to the bill, including a measure to expand the use of non-opioid alternatives …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:09 — 42.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOver three million students graduate from U.S. high schools, every year. For the 65,000 students whose immigration status is under debate in Washington D.C., graduating from high school garners new adversity. Hosts Roberta Radovich and Producer Clarence Boone speak with Christine Popp, of Popp & Bullman Attorneys-At-Law, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:49 — 22.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County is investing in the health of its employees with on-the-job exercise equipment; The Crosstown Shopping Center on 10th Street will look vastly different in about two years; The City of Bloomington Utilities is performing fire hydrant maintenance this week; Some Indiana residents are criticizing Governor Eric Holcomb’s call …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 19.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe city of Bloomington is proposing a one-year moratorium on addiction treatment facilities; Today may be the last day Bloomington commuters see police directing traffic at the Second and Third Street overpasses;Demonstrators took to the Monroe County Courthouse Square on Friday, calling for action on gun violence. Big …