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28,700 doses of the nasal spray version of the H1N1 flu vaccine are expected to start arriving in Indiana early next week; a Monrovia man doesn’t remember shocking his grandma with a stun gun about 100 times; a modest rise in local income tax goes into effect today; Monroe County will wait until 2011 to get new voting machines; a Bloomington task force on undergraduate education recommends changes to academic advising; a work training program for disabled military veterans gets a $900,000 grant; several local blood drives are scheduled for next week; female state legislators set up a scholarship fund to help women continue their education; ticket sales at this year's Lotus Festival were down only 2% despite persistent rain; a new local store celebrates the art and culture of Tibet.
FEATURE
Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan holds a press conference in Bloomington to respond to a new study released by Harvard University. The study will appear in the December edition of the American Journal of Public Health and claims that one person dies in America without health care every twelve seconds - more than 45,000 people each year. We hear from Jay Bainbridge, a friend of the late Bloomington activist Libby Yarnelle, who says Libby might still be here if she had been covered by health insurance at the onset of her fatal illness. We also hear from Mavis Anderson, a local social worker who assists patients and families in crisis. But first, Bloomington emergency room doctor Rob Stone breaks down the toll our broken healthcare system takes on the American people as we go on-location to the county courthouse in this WFHB radio exclusive.
VOICES IN THE STREET
“McBloomington” Our weekly public opinion feature gets local reaction to a proposed ordinance that would restrict the presence of chain stores and restaurants in downtown Bloomington.