Tag Archives: Mid Term Elections

Daily Local News – November 26, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:22 — 27.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington-based Indiana Limestone Company has filled in Sander’s Quarry; The Monroe County Commissioners met with the Monroe County Election Board last week to review issues with the November 6th mid-term election; Indiana lawmakers are expected to take up illegal and unwanted phone calls in January. FEATURE WFHB …

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Lawmakers May Consider New Telemarketing, Phone Fraud Rules

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 …

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Program Error Forces Re-Count of District 2 Ballots

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:48 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonroe County Election officials are verifying ballot tabulations in the Monroe County Council District 2 race. After voting closed on November 6th, an error was discovered in the program that reads the data collected from ballot scanners. The program was reading the race as under-voted. Republican board …

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Daily Local news – November 12, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:38 — 22.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOfficials in a northwestern Indiana county released election results, on Friday, some three days after Tuesday’s midterm election; Indiana House Republicans will hang onto their super-majority in the state’s legislature; Indiana Senator Todd Young is campaigning to lead the National Senate Republicans’ Campaign, in 2020; A proposal to expand Meadowwood …

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Super-Majority Held by Republicans in Indiana State Legislature

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08 — 938.5KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana House Republicans will hang onto their super-majority in the state’s legislature. The Republicans have held a super-majority of over two-thirds in both the state house and state senate since 2012. The Grand Old Party currently maintains 67 seats in the state’s House of representatives to the …

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Brown County Swept by Republicans

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07 — 790.7KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn Tuesday’s midterm elections, Republican candidates swept offices in Brown county. The Brown County Democrat reports four Democratic positions were replaced by Republican candidates, on Tuesday: Brown County Auditor, Circuit Court Clerk, a Circuit Court Judge, and one county council seat. Brown County school board president Buzz King …

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Daily Local News – November 8, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:32 — 20.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSupreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital today, after falling and fracturing three ribs; Progressive organizations are calling on supporters to turn out in the streets, this afternoon; On Tuesday, voters in Indiana elected the state’s first openly gay legislator; Several mistakes on Tuesday, in …

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Porter County Still Tallying Mid-Term Votes

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:18 — 1.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWhile most counties had reported midterm election results by at least 11 p.m. last night, Porter county, with 132 precincts in a predominantly Democratic area of the state, is still tallying votes. Porter County’s commissioners and its voter registration office said vote counting began this morning. The …

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High Voter Turnout in Monroe County Spurs Ballot Shortage

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:23 — 11.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNearly 60 percent of registered voters in Monroe County cast ballots in yesterday’s midterm election. That’s despite several polling places in Monroe County running out of ballots. Monroe County Election Board Chair William Ellis said some voters waited three to four hours. Voter turnout during this year’s …

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Daily Local News – November 7, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:13 — 30.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana was the scene of major Republican wins last night; Ballot counting is still underway in Northwest Indiana’s Porter County; Full Election returns are in for Monroe County – Democrats have unsurprisingly largely swept races; The Bloomington Plan Commission is voicing initial support for a large, mixed use development at …

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