Committee hears testimony on student press freedom protection bill
Students from all around Indiana gathered at the Statehouse early morning Valentine’s Day to celebrate a mutual love — journalism.
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Students from all around Indiana gathered at the Statehouse early morning Valentine’s Day to celebrate a mutual love — journalism.
Bills that would make the school chief an appointed position rather than elected one are making progress in both the House and Senate.
Jeff Stant, executive director of the Indiana Forest Alliance, stands to testify with Todd Stewart in support of Senate Bill 420. Stant reaches to hold up posters depicting clearcuts to show the full audience Monday morning.
Jeff Stant, executive director of the Indiana Forest Alliance holds up posters depicting clearcuts. Stant testified in support of Senate Bill 420 at the Monday morning hearing.
At the center of a sweaty and steamy room packed with many more people than it was built for, Chris Marks, an Indiana Forest Alliance member, held up a slice of pound cake.
Across Indiana Avenue and to the left of Franklin Hall, there’s a small, maybe lesser-known office called the Visitor Information Center at IU-Bloomington. Its staff gets asked all kinds of questions from all types of people — sometimes it even gets asked where to buy a prom dress. The IDS sat down with the director at the center and some of the students who work there and asked them about the place and their experience there.
Rep. Robert Behning, R-Indianapolis, speaks Tuesday at a hearing for House Bill 1003. The Indiana House education committee passed the bill, which would replace ISTEP, 10-2.
Darrell Boggess from the Solar Indiana Renewable Energy Network testifies against Senate Bill 309 on Thursday. Dozens came out for the hearing to speak in opposition to the bill.
The Indiana House education committee passed a bill Thursday to replace the controversial ISTEP with a new test, ILEARN.
Dozens of people filled the Statehouse early Thursday morning and lined the walls of the Senate chambers to testify against a bill that would eliminate net metering, a big incentive for using solar power, in Indiana.
About 100 community members and advocates met Tuesday night to discuss education-related legislation for the current Indiana session. Many listeners took dilligent notes of the bills discussed.
The forum began, predictably, with a Betsy DeVos joke.
The trees are David Seastrom’s home.
Debate about charter schools and school vouchers — hot topics in recent years — dominated much of a state house education committee hearing Tuesday that stretched from 8:30 a.m. into the early evening.
When oil spills in the ocean, it can cause devastating pollution. The resource does damage to its surroundings, but when sunlight spills down from the sky, it’s not a disaster.
Rachel O’Connor, 26, holds the “Toy Story” sign on the right. “When you’re surrounded by people who refuse to listen to logic or rational discussion, sometimes you have to show them how ridiculous their own arguements are,” she said about her sign.
Pro-life supporters gather at the Monroe County Courthouse on the anniversary of Roe. v Wade. The Sunday afternoon rally, organized by Christian Citizens for Life, also happened a day after feminist and anti-Trump Women’s Marches that swept the nation.
Protesters march down Walnut Street in protest of abortion. The Sunday afternoon rally, organized by Christian Citizens for Life, was planned to be on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Scott Tibbs, president of Christian Citizens for Life, takes a picture of a speaker at the pro-life rally he coordinated. The Sunday afternoon rally happened a day after feminist and anti-Trump Women’s Marches swept the nation.
Megan Simmons, an IU grad student, holds her “You do uterus” sign, which on the back reads “Jesus never shamed women.” Simmons, a pro-choice protester, agrees with the Women’s March on Washington’s decision to officially exclude a pro-life feminist group from their website as a sponsor.