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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Indiana Newsletter for Sunday May 31, 2020 ( 7 items )  

Association of Indiana School Library Educators Receives AASL Past-Presidents Planning Grant for National School Library Standards
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 24 -- American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: The Association of Indiana School Library Educators (AISLE) has been named one of four recipients of the 2020 American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Past-Presidents Planning Grant for National School Library Standards. The $2,500 grants, awarded in honor of AASL past presidents, are presented annually to AASL Chapters for the plann  more

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Fight Trump EPA's Delay in Reducing Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: Three conservation groups filed a formal notice of their intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to ensure that parts of Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, Puerto Rico and Guam have valid plans for cleaning up dangerous sulfur dioxide air pollution. The EPA already determined that these areas, which are home to more than a million people, have sulfur dioxide pollution at levels high en  more

Institute for Justice: Indiana Returns Vehicle in Landmark Civil Forfeiture Case, But Government Continues Its Appeal
ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 28 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release: For Tyson Timbs, the wheels of justice are still turning. Nearly seven years to the day after Indiana law enforcement seized his vehicle--and over a year after a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court--the Marion, Indiana man returned home yesterday to find his car in his driveway. Last month, the trial court in Grant County ruled that forfeiting Tyson's vehicle would violate the 8th Amendment's Exc  more

Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund: Indiana Appellate Court Rules U.S. Citizenship Is Not Required for Legal Name Change
WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: Indiana Legal Services, Inc (ILSI), MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the Law Office of Barbara J. Baird, and the Transgender Law Center (TLC) won an important victory on behalf of two transgender immigrant clients who had been seeking legal name changes. A Court of Appeals of Indiana on Monday unanimously held that a state name-change law does not require   more

Society of Professional Journalists Mourns Death of Bill Small, Its 58th National President
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 28 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists mourns the death of its 58th president William J. Small. The veteran news executive died Sunday at the age of 93. "We send our condolences to Mr. Small's family, friends and former colleagues," said Patricia Gallagher Newberry, SPJ national president. "While I did not know Bill personally, I know his work. He was a champion of women journalists when it was  more

Teach For America Indianapolis Announces Inaugural Fellowship for Young Leaders of Color
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 27 -- Teach For America issued the following news release: Teach For America Indianapolis (TFA Indy), a leadership development organization that fosters a diverse network of leaders committed to ending educational inequity beginning with two years of effective teaching in a public school, announced the selection of sixteen professionals of color to take part in its inaugural cohort of the Foundation for Racial Equity in Education (F.R.E.E.) Fellowship for Young Leader  more

The Mind Trust Awards Total of $109,000 to Five Talent Innovation Fund Recipients
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 27 -- The Mind Trust issued the following news release: The Mind Trust announced five recipients of Talent Innovation Fund awards, investing $109,000 into projects that will implement locally-driven, creative approaches to help solve an education talent challenge in Indianapolis. The Talent Innovation Fund award recipients are Indianapolis Public Schools, the Educate ME Foundation, Inc., Promise Prep, and Tindley Summit Academy. Matchbook Learning at Wendell Phillips  more