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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, March 5th, 2026. In today’s newscast, over 30 public commenters spoke out against the City of Bloomington’s contract with Flock Safety during last night’s city council meeting. That’s coming up in your daily headlines. Also coming up in the next half …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (18.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn January, Civic Conversations welcomed Thomas Kaufman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology at Indiana University, to discuss the impact of the loss of science funding in the United States.  In 2025, over 3,800 grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation were terminated or frozen by …