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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (70.9MB)Subscribe: RSS In this week’s Eco Report feature, part two of ‘Local Food Sovereignty Amidst Global Challenges’ from Eco Report EXTRA – our online sister show. The full program won Third Place for Best Radio Documentary Special of 2023 at the Society of Professional Journalists Awards in April. While the Indiana Legislature and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (69.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | More In this week’s Eco Report feature, Part One of “Local Food Sovereignty Amidst Global Challenges,” an episode of Eco Report EXTRA (E.R.X.) – our online sister show. The full program won Third Place for Best Radio Documentary Special of 2023 at the Society of Professional Journalists Awards in April. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:59 — 15.2MB)Subscribe: RSSIn Bloomington, growing concerns over lack of representation for renters have led housing advocacy group Neighbors United to begin the formation of a new ‘Renters’ Neighborhood Association.’ Intended to be an alternative to the current homeowner-dominated neighborhood associations that can be found around Bloomington, the Renters’ Association will provide …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 5th, 2021. Later in the program, we will hear from Brett Voorhies, President of the Indiana American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, about a report which shows an increase of workplace fatalities in Indiana. More coming up …

Piedmont-Smith, "I think overall we need more housing of all types. In that respect, I am in favor of increased density close to our downtown and close to campus. I think we also need to look into some of the issues which have been raised by people living in those neighborhoods, like parking and current infrastructure which might be insufficient. But the petition really just assumes that everything is going to go to hell if the zoning is passed, and I think that is not reasonable.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:25 — 8.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s feature report, junior correspondent Katrine Bruner talked to environmental protesters outside Bloomington City Hall. Teachers and students walked out of schools and several local environmental protest groups attended. Protesters demanded immediate action for policymakers to address the climate crisis. Headlines include: Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 44.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn Ralph Waldo Emerson’s central and influential essay “Self-Reliance” (a document that might be said to lie at the heart of liberalism the United States of American) he writes: “do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:29 — 4.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Planning Commission met for a public hearing on the new Bloomington Unified Development Ordinance, or UDO. The new UDO has new requirements for structures being built within the city limits, as well as what can be built and where. In regards to non-university housing aimed …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:32 — 29.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington Mayor John Hamilton announced he will stand for re-election next year; An Indiana University Fraternity has had its charter revoked; Monroe County Commissioners have approved a setback requirement that will allow a planned residential development on South Rockport Road to go forward; FEATURE We’ll hear from …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:02 — 4.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington City Council voiced unanimous support for extending height and density restrictions on downtown development, last night. The restrictions were added to the city code last year as a temporary protection until the city finished revising its unified development ordinance. The restrictions reduce the maximum building …