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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:52 — 42.5MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 15th, 2025. In today’s newscast, State Senator Shelli Yoder comments about the Indiana senate rejecting House Bill 1032 to redraw congressional maps ahead of the midterm elections. That’s coming up in today’s featured interview. You’ll also hear Jay Patel from …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:46 — 16.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Indiana Senate rejected the controversial mid-decade redistricting effort on Thursday. The proposal followed a push by Republicans in Washington, D.C. to redraw congressional maps in several states ahead of the midterm election. In today’s feature report, WFHB News speaks with State Senator Shelli Yoder who says the fight …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:19 — 41.7MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, December 11th, 2025. In today’s broadcast, WFHB News speaks with Erin Aquino, executive director of Exodus Refugee Immigration, about recent ICE activity in Bloomington and Indianapolis. More in today’s featured interview. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:49 — 9.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEarlier this month, Indiana lawmakers proposed a mid-cycle redistricting map. This proposal caused a spectrum of reactions from members of the state government as well as citizens. Although it is not unconstitutional, there are a tremendous number of people with varying levels of power who oppose this …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:46 — 26.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES All stories this week by Norm Holy Indiana is often where out-of-state corporations propose to put highly polluting processes. WFYI reports a company that wants to build a coal-to-diesel plant in southern Indiana has hit a roadblock. Flexsteel Industries Inc. has agreed to a consent decree …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:35 — 20.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA new report, by the Monroe County chapter of the NAACP and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington’s Racial Justice Task Force, says blacks in Monroe County are disproportionately affected by the Criminal Justice system; Last month’s midterm elections saw the highest voter turnout in a non-presidential …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:00 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOver half of eligible voters cast ballots in November’s midterm election. Indiana had 51 percent average turnout across the state. This is the highest voter turnout for Indiana during a midterm election since 1994. Slightly over two million people voted out of the four and half million eligible voters. Indiana …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 56.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePART ONE In this episode Executive director of South Central Indiana Housing Opportunities Deborah Myerson joins hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea to discuss efforts to expand housing options for low to moderate income families in Bloomington, Monroe County and surrounding areas. PART TWO In part two …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:13 — 7.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will stump for 9th Congressional District candidate Liz Watson, at Indiana University on Friday. WFHB News Director Wes Martin and Reporter Gabe Donnelly, sit down with Watson to discuss Sanders’ endorsement, the Get Out the Vote rally, the election against incumbent Congressman Trey Hollingsworth, campaign …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:29 — 26.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreYet another San Francisco-based electric scooter company is distributing its vehicles around Bloomington, as of this weekend; Next Tuesday, October 9th, is the last day to register to vote for this November’s midterm elections; Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton is joining with officials across the nation to demand …