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 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 21.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES Indiana’s state insect is a lightning bug. In 2018, after years of campaigning by Hoosier elementary students, the Indiana legislature and Gov. Eric Holcomb proclaimed the Say’s firefly as the state’s bug. Not only is this species of firefly native to Indiana, it also is named …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, June 28th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young spoke with Dr. Jennifer Drobac, Professor of Law at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University, about the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:49 — 39.6MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 27th, 2022. Later in the program, Indiana University hosted a panel of legal experts in light of the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, protesters …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:41 — 5.1MB)Subscribe: RSSBloomington protesters gathered at the Monroe County Courthouse on Monday to “defend Roe v. Wade” and “demand legal, free, accessible reproductive healthcare for all.” The demonstration comes after a leak surfaced of an early Supreme Court ruling that has the potential to overturn the landmark case legalizing abortion nationwide. …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:51 — 8.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to the latest installment of Civic Conversations, a podcast brought to you in collaboration with the League of Women Voters Bloomington-Monroe County and WFHB. In today’s program, host Jim Allison speaks with Sheila Kennedy, Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 21.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMorton Solar held a ribbon cutting July 15 after donating two solar energy systems to Community Action Program of Evansville for two homes located near downtown Evansville. Three Indiana environmental organizations—the Hoosier Environmental Council, Friends of Lake Monroe and Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter—collaborated to demand that the …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 81.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, catch your regular news update including discussion about a judge who previously ruled that Obamacare was unconstitutional has overturned health protections for transgender patients. We also talk a little about Pete Buttigieg. After that, we have a new episode from the Just Married podcast and an interview …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:38 — 26.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s segment, we brought you news that at least ¼ of a million children would be harmed by the cancellation of the DACA, according to an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court. On Monday, the Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals threw its support behind …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 23.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | More We’re back with your weekly LGBTQ+ news update! We’ll talk about the current drama with the supreme court cases concerning LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace. We also have a story about the BMV’s halt on allowing a non-binary gender option on Indiana’s driver’s licenses and state …
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