Daily Local News

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Indiana’s only volunteer-powered daily news program.

WFHB's flagship news program bringing our listeners the latest local and regional news, on-location specials, feature reports and more.
For more original and informative programing, visit www.wfhb.org/news


905 Pieces

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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