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WFHB Local News – December 18th, 2025
This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, December 18th, 2025.
In today’s newscast, Chair of Healthcare for All Minnesota Rose Roach joins us on Prescription for Healthcare – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and Medicare for All Indiana. More in today’s feature report.
Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington Redevelopment Commission discussed Hopewell and Convention Center projects during their latest meeting.
Bloomington Redevelopment Commission Tackles Hopewell and Convention Center Projects
The Bloomington Redevelopment heard a resolution to approve a contract with the workforce housing company, Adaptive Commons, for the design of Hopewell West Block 4. The agreement is for 125,000 dollars. Commission Member Deborah Myserson said she needs more information before moving forward with the Hopewell agreement.
Redevelopment Commissioner John Whitehart agreed with Myerson and warned against being a test case for a newer firm, preferring a company with a more proven track record.
The redevelopment commission ultimately voted to table the resolution by a unanimous vote. Commissioners are expected to take another look at the proposal in 2026.
Then, the commission heard a resolution on the host hotel for the Bloomington Convention Center expansion. Director of Economic and Sustainable Development Jane Kupersmith said this resolution concerns the city’s preferred hotelier, Dora Hospitality. She explained that there’s a gap in funding right now preventing the city from making any progress on the hotel.
Corporation Counsel Margie Rice said the resolution doesn’t coordinate any negotiations with the hotel developer. The resolution before the commission would be more of a verbal agreement, indicating that the redevelopment commission supports a hotel at the convention center.
Myerson added an amendment that removed language that can be interpreted as committing the city to sell land at a reduced or “nominal” cost for the host hotel.
The commission passed the resolution as amended with John West voting ‘no.” The next Development Commission meeting will happen on January 5th.
Featured Segments:
Now it’s time for Prescription for Healthcare – a monthly podcast collaboration between Medicare for All Indiana and WFHB. This month we interview Rose Roach, the National Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer and Chair of Healthcare For All Minnesota. She was previously on our show in February 2024 talking about unions and healthcare workers. Minnesota is currently working on strategies to de-privatize their state Medicaid program and get the profit making middlemen out, saving the state millions of dollars. We turn now to the December edition of Prescription for Healthcare on the WFHB Local News.
Up next, we feature the debut of “What the Health?!”, a brand new series on WFHB’s Youth Radio where host Winnie Dong sits down with healthcare professionals to learn about their expertise, explore a wide range of careers, and offer unfiltered insight into the realities of working in healthcare. Host Winnie Dong looks to help anyone curious about entering the field and to create a deeper understanding of how the healthcare system really works. In episode 1, Winnie interviews Chad Carrothers, a community relations manager at CareSource and a familiar voice at WFHB. Chad opens up about his journey from broadcasting to health care, explains the ins and outs of managed care and Medicaid in Indiana, and shares how social factors like housing and transportation shape community health.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Today’s headlines were written by Kade Young, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Dr. Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone.
What the Health was produced by Winnie Dong of Youth Radio.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, December 18th, 2025.
In today’s newscast, Chair of Healthcare for All Minnesota Rose Roach joins us on Prescription for Healthcare – a podcast collaboration between WFHB and Medicare for All Indiana. More in today’s feature report.
Also coming up in the next half hour, the Bloomington Redevelopment Commission discussed Hopewell and Convention Center projects during their latest meeting.
Bloomington Redevelopment Commission Tackles Hopewell and Convention Center Projects
The Bloomington Redevelopment heard a resolution to approve a contract with the workforce housing company, Adaptive Commons, for the design of Hopewell West Block 4. The agreement is for 125,000 dollars. Commission Member Deborah Myserson said she needs more information before moving forward with the Hopewell agreement.
Redevelopment Commissioner John Whitehart agreed with Myerson and warned against being a test case for a newer firm, preferring a company with a more proven track record.
The redevelopment commission ultimately voted to table the resolution by a unanimous vote. Commissioners are expected to take another look at the proposal in 2026.
Then, the commission heard a resolution on the host hotel for the Bloomington Convention Center expansion. Director of Economic and Sustainable Development Jane Kupersmith said this resolution concerns the city’s preferred hotelier, Dora Hospitality. She explained that there’s a gap in funding right now preventing the city from making any progress on the hotel.
Corporation Counsel Margie Rice said the resolution doesn’t coordinate any negotiations with the hotel developer. The resolution before the commission would be more of a verbal agreement, indicating that the redevelopment commission supports a hotel at the convention center.
Myerson added an amendment that removed language that can be interpreted as committing the city to sell land at a reduced or “nominal” cost for the host hotel.
The commission passed the resolution as amended with John West voting ‘no.” The next Development Commission meeting will happen on January 5th.
Featured Segments:
Now it’s time for Prescription for Healthcare – a monthly podcast collaboration between Medicare for All Indiana and WFHB. This month we interview Rose Roach, the National Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer and Chair of Healthcare For All Minnesota. She was previously on our show in February 2024 talking about unions and healthcare workers. Minnesota is currently working on strategies to de-privatize their state Medicaid program and get the profit making middlemen out, saving the state millions of dollars. We turn now to the December edition of Prescription for Healthcare on the WFHB Local News.
Up next, we feature the debut of “What the Health?!”, a brand new series on WFHB’s Youth Radio where host Winnie Dong sits down with healthcare professionals to learn about their expertise, explore a wide range of careers, and offer unfiltered insight into the realities of working in healthcare. Host Winnie Dong looks to help anyone curious about entering the field and to create a deeper understanding of how the healthcare system really works. In episode 1, Winnie interviews Chad Carrothers, a community relations manager at CareSource and a familiar voice at WFHB. Chad opens up about his journey from broadcasting to health care, explains the ins and outs of managed care and Medicaid in Indiana, and shares how social factors like housing and transportation shape community health.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Today’s headlines were written by Kade Young, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Dr. Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone.
What the Health was produced by Winnie Dong of Youth Radio.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.
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