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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:53 — 66.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSenate blocks Trump’s declaration of emergency at the US-Mexico border; Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg slams Pence; County Clerk Nicole Brown requests pay raise for election day poll workers; County invests in touch screen voting machines; Bloomington Commission on Sustainability plans information session on city transportation plan. FEATURE …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:38 — 5.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe federal government shut down continues, as Democrats and President Donald Trump remain at odds over funding for a wall on the Mexican-American border. Voices in the Street’s Isaak Gonzalez went out to ask area listeners if they support Trump’s wall.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:32 — 3.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreNation-wide protests are scheduled for Saturday, over the detention of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. In Bloomington, protesters will gather at 10:30 a.m. at the Monroe County Courthouse. Immigration advocate Gracia Valliant is scheduled to speak about the detentions. Valliant said, while the detention policy is …