With winter nearing its end, Indiana University’s coal-powered heating plant will scale down its operations. But it will ramp it up again and again until the university decides otherwise. That’s led groups to call on IU to transition away from burning coal in the middle of campus. WFIU’s Daniel Robison explores what’s become a burning issue.
Bloomington resident and military contractor Kevin Suddeth says he plans to focus on education spending and I-69 in his attempt to unseat State Representative Matt Pierce. But Pierce says Suddeth’s stances on issues conflict. WFIU’s Daniel Robison has more.
The Bloomington Eats Green conference came to IU at the end January, and the tastiest event was Hog Heaven, featuring a local pig prepared by local chefs.
Cummins enjoyed its largest fourth-quarter profit in company history last year. This, at least in part, can be attributed to reduced overhead costs generated by shedding thousands of employees. But as WFIU’s Daniel Robison reports, the earnings report, however strong, isn’t enough for the company to call back thousands of still-idle workers.
On Friday, Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett met with one of four Deputy Mayors of Krakow, Poland to learn how that city has turned its image around in less than three decades. As WFIU's Stan Jastrzebski reports from Krakow, city leaders say it starts with a focused strategy, but admit they fight some of the same battles as Indiana politicians.
Despite a surge of federal transportation stimulus grants, recession-riddled cities in southern and central Indiana are struggling to meet transportation needs. Transit directors are receiving similar rider requests for program expansions, but the money just isn’t there. WFIU’s Emily Loftis reports…
A graduate student at IU is using Facebook and Twitter to contact friends in his troubled homeland of Haiti.
WTIU Videographer Bill Shaw showcases some winter scenes from around Bloomington, Ind. and Leonard Springs Nature Park.
In Kokomo, where car ownership is assumed, officials are debating whether a federal transit stimulus grant will be enough to bolster a long-term bus route. WFIU’s Emily Loftis has more in the first of a two-part series on public transit in Indiana…
Cummins will receive $54 million from the stimulus package to expand existing fuel-efficient transportation projects. With US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Senator Evan Bayh and Rep. Baron Hill traveling to Columbus for the announcement, the Democrats hope the grants will help improve the stimulus' reputation. WFIU’s Daniel Robison reports.
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