Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:19 — 18.4MB)Subscribe: RSSOn Saturday, a large crowd gathered at the Monroe County Courthouse Square for the “No Kings” protest. Organized in response to what participants describe as authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration, the rally drew hundreds of community members calling for democratic accountability and human rights protections. In today’s feature …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:02 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 16th, 2025. In today’s newscast, you’ll hear a collection of interviews with demonstrators from the ‘No Kings’ protest which took place over the weekend. More from WFHB Correspondent Ella Cummings in today’s feature report. Also coming up, find out how …
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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 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 18.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAt least a half-dozen utilities have released plans to get to net-zero emissions, or close to it, by twenty fifty. Now a Michigan company has said that it will get to net-zero emissions by twenty forty, the fastest timetable of any major utility in the country. The …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:31 — 20.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCongress is considering a recommendation by the Trump administration that would allow for the deployment of ‘strategic’ nuclear weapons. Secretary of Defense James Mattis argued the smaller warheads could be deployed on submarine-launched ballistic missiles, allowing for the U.S. to deploy a ‘proportional response’ to the use …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:48 — 8.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Trump-Pence administration announced changes to Title X funding, last week. The Nixon-era federal healthcare program provides funding for family planning and reproductive health services. Those services, which include cancer screenings, sexually-transmitted infection checks, birth control, and pregnancy testing, primarily serve low-income families and the uninsured. Under …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:34 — 28.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGun control advocates will protest outside of the Statehouse in Indianapolis this weekend; Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday he will try to build public support for a hate crimes bill; Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb admitted yesterday that he used marijuana in college, despite currently opposing its …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 66.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s radio rundown of ecological news WFHB’s Todd Wicks and Julianna Dailey report on Bloomington’s Maple Heights neighborhood being the subject of a fight over urbanization and gentrification, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro transferring responsibility for indigenous lands to the Department of Agriculture and the prairie restoration project,Kankakee …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 66.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s radio rundown of ecological news, WFHB’s Glenn and Linda Lightner report on Researcher at the University of Portsmouth using plant fibers as a manufacturing material in cars, scientist developing drought- resistant crops and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources announcing that people can expect …
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E-Book PDF: Open in New Window | Download (327.0KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA study by Purdue University is being used by the federal Commerce Department, as the basis for President Trump’s proposed steel tariff plans. Thomas Hertel, of the Global Trade Analysis Project at Purdue, says his study is being misused by the Commerce Department to sell the administration’s 25 percent …
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