INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct. 20 -- Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2021: Attorney General Todd Rokita is leading a 17-state effort to deter the Biden administration from threatening parents who express their views to school officials on issues regarding their children's education. "Hoosier parents have a First Amendment right to speak their minds to teachers, administrators and school board members," Attorney General Rokita said. "That's why I'  more

MERCED, California, Oct. 15 (TNSAwa) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Spendlove Prize to Be Presented to Human Rights Activist and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Nadia Murad Human rights activist Nadia Murad has been selected as the 14th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance. The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recipient will be honored during a virtual ceremony on Nov. 3. Murad is an advocate for surviv  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Fort Belknap Indian Community President Andrew Werk at an Oct. 6, 2021, legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 648 and S. 1911: * * * Chairman Schatz, Vice Chairwoman Murkowski, and Members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, my name is Andrew Werk, Jr. I serve as President of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council. Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of S. 1911, the  more