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A closer look at threats to public media funding. Funds are now available for counties affected by flooding. Columbia City kicks off Historic Preservation Month with tours.

Mayor Tucker plans to use state tax funds for neighborhood projects, pending council approval. Braun to meet with VP Vance amid national redistricting push. Indiana launches blackout license plates.

The Language Access Lab finishes its first interpreter training. We break down differences between public, charter, and private schools. Governor Braun is open to talks on Indiana’s death penalty.

Hoosier Starbucks union workers join nationwide push for fair labor contract. IEDC audit details undisclosed conflicts, 'potential for favoritism'. Mental health remains a challenge for girls in Indiana.

Five school tax measures pass, and one fails in Indiana special elections. New coalition aims to clean up, protect waterways in the Ohio River Basin. November SNAP benefits delayed at least one week.

Bassist extraordinaire, composer, arranger, educator, curator and administrator, Christian McBride, has been one of the most important and most omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years. Sometimes hard to believe considering this man just entered his 40's.

Ann Powers picks her favorite chart-topping, radio-dominating songs of 2012.

The cost of the 2012 election will top a record $6 billion, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. If you find it difficult to visualize that figure, here are a few other ways to think about what $6 billion could buy.

WBOI Presents

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.