Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:57 — 4.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCity Council member Andy Ruff announced last week that he is running for Congress. Ruff will run as a Democrat for the 9th District, which is currently held by Republican Congressman Trey Hollingsworth who will likely run in the coming election. WFHB’s News Director, Kade Young, talks …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:02 — 8.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLong-time incumbents faced upsets in Bloomington’s Common Council races, yesterday. Of the six candidates running for the city’s three At-Large seats, which aren’t tied to representation of a particular district in the city, two incumbents advanced through yesterday’s party primary. Susan Sandberg and Jim Sims will continue …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:03 — 61.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePaper ballots ran out at two precincts in Monroe County. One pollworker said they’ve been continuously printing and delivering ballots to voter precincts since this morning; Races in Indiana are likely to indicate whether or not a so-called ‘blue wave’ is breaking across the country; Yesterday, the Bloomington Redevelopment …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:18 — 24.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Attorney General Curtis Hill appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday; Vice President Mike Pence was in Indianapolis over the weekend; Democrats were also campaigning this weekend; The Bloomington City Council unanimously approved the city’s 2019 budget last week, despite concerns over several controversial elements; Monroe County’s Solid Waste Management …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:57 — 4.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA grassroots Indiana group is trying to motivate voters to participate in the upcoming November elections. The non-profit, non-partisan organization Hoosier Action recently announced ‘Project Midterm,’ which is looking to recruit 500 members of the Bloomington community to help residents sign up to vote. Hoosier Action is …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:53 — 4.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA federal judge is blocking a new program that would allow state officials to purge voter data from Indiana’s election rolls. The ruling, issued Friday by U.S. District Court Hon. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, temporarily bars the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program from going into effect. The …
Read More »Today is National Voter Registration Day and in celebration, Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson urges Hoosiers to use a new mobile registration app to confirm or register their vote. As part of a 50-state effort to encourage civic participation, Secretary Lawson urges all Hoosiers to take advantage of the full-service application that will also look up their polling place, …
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