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Indiana University president Michael McRobbie says trustees will get right to work on setting tuition rates for the fall now that a state budget has passed; Indian Creek Fire Fighters president Dee Owens says the outsourcing of township fire protection services means a thirty-minute response time to local fires; the local American Veterans post that sponsors the annual stadium fireworks is seriously short on donations needed to pull off the show; the public comment period on Sections 2 and 3 of the I-69 highway proposal ends and project office hours are reduced to one day per week; a Bloomington GLBT rights organization will stage a sit-in at the local marriage license counter tomorrow; state health officials predict a higher incidence of West Nile virus this year; Brown County's Richard Schrimper sells the rights to his trees to a conservation group that will forever protect them; the city animal shelter extends two-for-one cat adoptions through July.
FEATURE
Bloomington resident and State Representative Matt Pierce joins us in the studio to discuss the new state budget passed last night just before the deadline. He voted no, unhappy with uneven education earmarks, partisan politics, and millions of dollars for stadiums but not heating programs for low-income Hoosiers.
BLOOMINGTON BEWARE!
Richard Fish says watch out for dangerous and illegal fireworks this Fourth of July on our weekly consumer watchdog Bloomington Beware!