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WFHB Local News – March 11th, 2025
This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, March 11th, 2025.
In today’s newscast, we hear from Nathan Ferreira, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority about impacts to local housing projects from federal job cuts and funding freezes. More in today’s feature report.
Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub’s Big Fund.
But first, your local headlines:
Monroe County Election Board Moves Forward with Vote Center Study, Welcomes New Republican Member
A banner reads, “Vote Here Today,” at 401 W 7th Street, Suite 100 (Young).
The Monroe County Election board met on March 6th. Notably absent from the meeting was Republican Board Member, John Arnold, who at the last meeting, said they are opposed to vote centers. In their place, was the newly nominated Republican Board Member, Danny Shields. Democratic Board Member John Fernandez welcomed him to the board.
County Clerk Nicole Browne also welcomed Shields.
Shields explained that the new Republican Chair, Corey Grass, appointed him to the Election Board in the place of Arnold.
Starting off the meeting, Clerk Nicole Browne reported on recent legislation that could impact Indiana elections.
Clerk Browne also provided a quick update on the new Monroe County Democratic and Republican Party Elected Positions.
Next, the Vote Center Study Committee presented a final update on their report.
Vote Center Study Committee Member Illana Stonebraker gave the update on the behalf of the committee.
She walked through the steps necessary to establish vote centers in the committee, sharing what they have done, and what will be necessary to do moving forward.
Stonebraker said that the committee found vote centers could be beneficial for Monroe County voters, and recommended their approval. They also offered recommendations on early voting.
Stonebraker urged the Election Board to move forward with the next steps in a timely manner saying this is a golden time period since there is not a major election being held this year.
Democratic Board Member John Fernandez remarked that this could be a good way to not only increase public participation in elections, but also improve the financial cost effectiveness.
His microphone was experiencing technical difficulties, but he went on to say, “Probably not with option one, but there may be some other options, that thread the needle of improving access to democracy in a fair way with minimizing any costs.”
Election Supervisor Kylie Farris said that any equipment that is not used, can be used as backup equipment for the time when something inevitably stops working.
Republican Board Member Danny Shields asked about how much the county pays per vote.
Election Supervisor Kylie Faris responded.
The board approved moving forward with a public hearing on the Vote Center Committee’s report. The next meeting of the Monroe County Election Board will be held on April 3rd.
Feature Report:
Federal budget cuts and hiring freezes are making waves across the country, and here in Bloomington, the impact on affordable housing is already being felt. With funding delays and proposed staffing cuts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, local housing authorities are bracing for serious challenges. In this segment, reporter Zero Roze speaks with Nathan Ferreira, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, to talk about what these changes mean for housing programs in Monroe County—how they could affect rental assistance, new development projects, and the thousands of residents who rely on affordable housing to stay in their homes. Zero Roze has Part II of that interview on the WFHB Local News.
Up next, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub’s Big Fund. We turn now to that segment on the WFHB Local News.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Today’s headlines were written by Tom Muckerheide, Laurie Frederickson and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Zero Roze.
Christine Brackenhoff and Stacy Bridavsky produced Lil Bub’s Lil Show.
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 Tuesday, March 11th, 2025.
In today’s newscast, we hear from Nathan Ferreira, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority about impacts to local housing projects from federal job cuts and funding freezes. More in today’s feature report.
Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub’s Big Fund.
But first, your local headlines:
Monroe County Election Board Moves Forward with Vote Center Study, Welcomes New Republican Member
A banner reads, “Vote Here Today,” at 401 W 7th Street, Suite 100 (Young).
The Monroe County Election board met on March 6th. Notably absent from the meeting was Republican Board Member, John Arnold, who at the last meeting, said they are opposed to vote centers. In their place, was the newly nominated Republican Board Member, Danny Shields. Democratic Board Member John Fernandez welcomed him to the board.
County Clerk Nicole Browne also welcomed Shields.
Shields explained that the new Republican Chair, Corey Grass, appointed him to the Election Board in the place of Arnold.
Starting off the meeting, Clerk Nicole Browne reported on recent legislation that could impact Indiana elections.
Clerk Browne also provided a quick update on the new Monroe County Democratic and Republican Party Elected Positions.
Next, the Vote Center Study Committee presented a final update on their report.
Vote Center Study Committee Member Illana Stonebraker gave the update on the behalf of the committee.
She walked through the steps necessary to establish vote centers in the committee, sharing what they have done, and what will be necessary to do moving forward.
Stonebraker said that the committee found vote centers could be beneficial for Monroe County voters, and recommended their approval. They also offered recommendations on early voting.
Stonebraker urged the Election Board to move forward with the next steps in a timely manner saying this is a golden time period since there is not a major election being held this year.
Democratic Board Member John Fernandez remarked that this could be a good way to not only increase public participation in elections, but also improve the financial cost effectiveness.
His microphone was experiencing technical difficulties, but he went on to say, “Probably not with option one, but there may be some other options, that thread the needle of improving access to democracy in a fair way with minimizing any costs.”
Election Supervisor Kylie Farris said that any equipment that is not used, can be used as backup equipment for the time when something inevitably stops working.
Republican Board Member Danny Shields asked about how much the county pays per vote.
Election Supervisor Kylie Faris responded.
The board approved moving forward with a public hearing on the Vote Center Committee’s report. The next meeting of the Monroe County Election Board will be held on April 3rd.
Feature Report:
Federal budget cuts and hiring freezes are making waves across the country, and here in Bloomington, the impact on affordable housing is already being felt. With funding delays and proposed staffing cuts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, local housing authorities are bracing for serious challenges. In this segment, reporter Zero Roze speaks with Nathan Ferreira, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, to talk about what these changes mean for housing programs in Monroe County—how they could affect rental assistance, new development projects, and the thousands of residents who rely on affordable housing to stay in their homes. Zero Roze has Part II of that interview on the WFHB Local News.
Up next, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – a co-production between WFHB and Lil Bub’s Big Fund. We turn now to that segment on the WFHB Local News.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Today’s headlines were written by Tom Muckerheide, Laurie Frederickson and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Zero Roze.
Christine Brackenhoff and Stacy Bridavsky produced Lil Bub’s Lil Show.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.
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