This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, September 8th, 2022.

Later in the program, we have Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana.

More in the bottom half of our program. Also coming up in the next half hour, you will hear from WFHB Correspondents Sade Ajishegiri and Ruth Fleggman in light of WFHB’s Fall Fund Drive.

But first, your local headlines:

Bloomington Board of Public Works

At the Bloomington Board of Public Works meeting on August 30th, Engineering Department Project Manager Matt Smethurst requested the board reject the bid for the Downtown Alley Repaving Phase Two Project.

Director of Utilities Adam Wason commented on the cost of the project.

Board Member Jennifer Lloyd asked if the price was higher due to materials or if it was higher across the board.

Smethurst said it was higher across the board, and that the bid was three times more expensive than they had estimated.

The board voted unanimously to reject the bid.

Next the board heard from Senior Project Engineer Neil Kopper about a consulting contract with Butler, Fairman & Seufert Incorporated for preliminary engineering services for the High Street Intersection Modernization and Multi-Use Path Project.

The board approved the contract unanimously.

The next Board of Public Works meeting will be held on September 13th.

Feature Report:

In today’s edition of Prescription for Healthcare, hosts Dr. Rob Stone and Karen Green Stone speak with Dr. Ana Malinow, a pediatrician from San Francisco and activist in the fight to protect Medicare and expand Medicare for All. Prescription for Healthcare is a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana.

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