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A Bloomington City Council member pitches for a new sick-leave policy that doesn't let workers accumulate as much time. Plus, a former farmer creates a…

On this episode of Best of Sound Ideas, hear from nationally-recognized urban planner Tom Murphy. The former Mayor of Pittsburgh weighs in on business…

Bloomington is being forced to consider tough decisions on budget issues. Mayor Tari Renner is in studio to talk golf courses and State of the City…

An update on efforts to bring a new grocery store to West Bloomington. A Downtown Bloomington business owner recaps his closed-door meeting with…

The sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. intended for a memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is too "confrontational," according to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. The commission's approval is necessary for any monument or memorial in the capital. The commission says the sculpture needs to be reworked.

Despite deep differences over how to proceed in Iraq, the Senate gives its unanimous approval for Robert Gates to take over the reins at the Pentagon from Donald Rumsfeld. President Bush's second Secretary of Defense is taking office at a time of uncertainty over what will happen next in the war.

"The world is unjust, but the answer is not in our uterus," lawmaker Gabriela Cerruti said of the vote in Argentina's Chamber of Deputies.

Erdogan's support for Ukraine comes as Turkey has been holding off giving final approval to Sweden joining NATO, saying Stockholm is not effectively cracking down on groups Ankara view as threats.

Ailsa Chang talks to Deborah Archer, new president of the ACLU, about the organization's changing tides and recently announced racial justice agenda.

Two shipwrecks in Costa Rica were long thought to be sunken pirate ships. New research shows they were actually Danish slave ships. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with archaeologist Andreas Bloch.