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With the Indiana 2023 legislative session underway, Indiana lawmakers have introduced several House bills and Senate bills which target transgender youth. These bills would prohibit or restrict gender-affirming care for minors in health care and the education system.
Editor’s Note: This story includes mention of sexual violence.
Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton announced the activation of a new 501c3 nonprofit corporation, City of Bloomington Capital Improvements, Inc., on Jan. 13. According to a city of Bloomington press release, CBCI will focus their efforts on improving arts, technology, jobs and housing in the city.
IU’s Student Health Center now has a naloxone box containing 40 doses of naloxone nasal spray and several Fentanyl test strips as of Jan. 10, said Sarah Robertson, IU Substance Use Prevention coordinator.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Dec. 29 that Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against the company’s allegedly misleading location tracking practices, according to a press release from the Attorney General’s Office.
The Indiana Office of Technology has blocked the popular social media app TikTok owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company, from being used in state systems and devices. The Office of Technology consistently tests and ensures the integrity of the state system is unharmed, according to the Associated Press .
Needle exchange programs aim to keep people safe and healthy by providing sterile needles which decreases the chances of getting HIV and hepatitis. The programs are able to give people support and referrals for substance use disorder, medical and mental health treatments, and social services. It does not increase crime in areas where the programs are located.
The Black Student Union hosted the Money, Minorities and Mother Nature event in the Walnut Room in the Indiana Memorial Union on Nov. 10 to inform students about how environmental issues such as water pollution and waste management effects minority groups and those who live in low-income communities, causing environmental injustice.
New York City Police arrested a man on Nov. 3 in connection to the murder of an IU student in October 2020.
A leak in an underground holding tank or pipe caused a large gasoline spill at a Marathon gas station located at 1307 W. Third St. on Oct. 31.
IU student ambassadors and volunteers for the Gift of Life Marrow Registry will set up tables across campus to recruit donors for blood stem cell and bone marrow transplants Nov. 11-18. 18 as part of Swab Week. Their goal is to inform students of the organization and increase the number of people on their registry to better help find matches for patients.
A large gasoline spill at a Marathon gas station, located at 1307 West Third Street, resulted in a large release of fuel into the sanitary and storm sewer Monday.
A man and a woman were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in a house in Monroe County on Oct. 23, according to the H-T.
The Indiana Democratic Party launched its “Contract With Women” statewide tour Oct. 17. They will be making over a dozen stops across the state until Oct. 28 an effort to draw in politicians to sign a pledge with women which includes seven promises that aim to restore and improve women’s healthcare and workplace protections.
Police and county officials, along with a hired firm from Indianapolis, cleared an unhoused encampment Oct. 6 off public Monroe County land south of Second Street. This removal is one of several in the past year as the city and county has continuously cleared camps, forcing those who are unhoused to relocate.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office identified the skeletal remains found in 2004 in Monroe County, according to a press release from the Office of the Monroe County Sherrif.
In February 2022, Indiana University announced the university’s new Student Mental Health Initiative led by Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU’s Chief Health Officer. It consists of three taskforces: culture and climate, services and support, and policies and protocols. These taskforces consist of several recommendations and actions to improve students’ mental health across all of IU’s campuses in Indiana.
A past IU Student Government Supreme Court congress member’s petition caused six congressional candidates’ elected seats to be voided, after a financial campaign document deadline extension was overturned.
Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers’ fight for union recognition is still an ongoing issue with the IU administration as they continue opposing the effort.
When the time comes to look for an apartment in college, students should consider doing some research to find out if that apartment is pet-friendly or not.
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