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As deadlines loom for implementing provisions of the Federal Affordable Care Act, sometimes called Obama Care, some parts of local government say t...
- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 08:34
In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of WFHB national radio personality, Jim Hightower spoke at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre in downtown Bloo...
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 08:35
Last week the Hoosier Environmental Council announced a long list of concerns it has with legislation that been proposed by lawmakers in the Indian...
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 08:36
Governor Mike Pence delivered his first State of the State address in front of the joint session of the General Assembly at the Statehouse last nig...
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 07:19
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Bloomington, Indiana's poverty rate stands at 39.9 percent. The average poverty rate for the state was 14.1 perc...
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 08:45
On January 16th, the American Lung Association released the “State of Tobacco Control 2013,” a nationwide report that measures advances in tobacco ...
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 09:58
During the past two legislative sessions, Indiana Senator Jim Merritt has helped pass laws aimed at synthetic drugs. And both times, drug manufactu...
- Added: Jan 25, 2013
- Length: 09:12
The Violence Against Women Act, first signed into law in 1994, has generally been a non-contentious issue, with members of all political parties su...
- Added: Jan 25, 2013
- Length: 08:50
A federal court ruled last week that the Indiana Department of Corrections has leveled cruel and unusual punishment on hundreds of inmates over the...
- Added: Jan 25, 2013
- Length: 08:34
Indiana legislators returned to the capital this morning for the opening day of the 2013 legislative session. Although little has been decided so f...
- Added: Jan 08, 2013
- Length: 09:03
On Wednesday night, December 5th, Indiana University students met to discuss the logistics of potential strikes and protests next spring. The event...
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 08:21
The defeated State Superintendent of Education intends to push through with controversial changes in the licensing standards for school educational...
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 09:30
A Indiana University researcher has been awarded a 1.15 million dollar grant to develop a blood test that could be used to determine if individuals...
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 08:39
Stockbrokers in Indiana may soon find themselves in trouble at work if they don’t pay legally-required child support. The Secretary of State’s Offi...
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 08:43
On November 26th, Indiana Equality Action released a publication titled “More Than Just A Couple: 614 Reasons Why Marriage Equality Matters in Indi...
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 09:25
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller joined this morning with the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection David V...
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 07:34
Glenda Ritz, an educator from Indianapolis, beat out incumbent Tony Bennett in an electoral upset for Indiana State Superintendent. Nevertheless, G...
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 10:10
Last night Indiana reversed it’s presidential party pick from 2008, with 54 percent of Hoosiers voting for republican Mitt Romney to 43 percent vo...
- Added: Nov 07, 2012
- Length: 09:02
WFHB correspondent Ryan Dawes explores a unique response to homelessness called Housing First, pioneered in 1992 in New York by Dr. Sam Tsemberis.
- Added: Nov 07, 2012
- Length: 07:47
Plans for a new, seven-story Hyatt Place hotel in downtown Bloomington have drawn questions and criticism since they were announced this summer and...
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 09:32
