LAWRENCEBURG, Indiana, Nov. 28 -- The Dearborn Community Foundation issued the following news: The Dearborn Community Foundation (DCF), Inc. recently awarded a $1,000 Proactive Grant to the Amy Irons-Meyer Dog Park in Aurora, named in honor of a compassionate pet owner who passed away from cancer in 2014. In its 25th year of helping donors make a difference, DCF is awarding 15 proactive grants of $1,000 each throughout 2023 to charitable organizations that serve Dearborn County residents. Each  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 28 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: The American Library Association has selected Cantron M. Quarles as the 2024 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood (LAGW) Fellow. Quarles will receive a stipend totaling $2,500 to offset the cost of attending the 2024 LibLearnX experience in Baltimore and the ALA 2024 Annual Conference in San Diego. Currently, Quarles works as a Circulation Supervisor (Library Services Coordinator) at the Ru  more

LAWRENCEBURG, Indiana, Nov. 30 -- The Dearborn Community Foundation issued the following news: The Dearborn Community Foundation (DCF), Inc. recently awarded a $1,000 Proactive Grant to the Pregnancy Care Center of Southeast Indiana (PCC), which offers services to those facing an unplanned pregnancy by providing education, limited medical care, information, and resources in Southeast Indiana. In its 25th year of helping donors make a difference, DCF is awarding 15 proactive grants of $1,000 ea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The First Liberty Institute issued the following news release: First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of Abigail Martinez, in support of M.C. and J.C. v. Indiana Department of Child Services, a pivotal parental rights case that is seeking Supreme Court review of Indiana's decision to remove a child from the home of Christian parents because of their religious beliefs about sexuality. In California, Mar  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 28 -- The Indiana Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: The Indiana Chamber's third annual Coolest Thing Made in Indiana competition is down to the final two contestants: Hoosier Racing Tire (from Plymouth) and Hard Truth Distilling Company (from Nashville). The contest started with 47 competitors and interest remained high with thousands of votes cast in the semifinal round as the field of four was trimmed in half. Blue Fox Farms LLC, of Wawaka, a  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 29 (TNSres) -- The Indiana Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: * * * Learn Best Practices for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder * * * As study after study has shown, in today's workforce it's imperative for employers to create a healthy work environment for their employees and cultivate positive outcomes for them. This not only includes building a safer physical work environment but also creating a stigma-free workplace c  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 29 -- The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2023: New legislation to strip the non-regulatory Federal Insurance Office of its subpoena authority introduced in the Senate today will help protect the state-based system of insurance regulation, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. Introduced by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., with 15 original cosponsors, S. 3349 would prevent the of  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 29 -- The National Federation of State High School Association issued the following news release: The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) will award NFHS Citations to eight high school athletic directors December 18 in Orlando, Florida, during luncheon festivities at the 54th annual National Athletic Directors Conference sponsored jointly by the NFHS and the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). NFHS Citations  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 2 (TNScapv) -- The Indiana Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has named Devin Anderson - CEO of E&A companies, an Indianapolis-based investment firm that owns and operates multiple companies - as its new board chair. A Franklin College alum, Anderson has long been engaged with the Indiana Chamber through its board, political affairs efforts and policy committees. Anderson also spent a decade early in his career wor  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 1 -- Project Lead The Way, an organization that says it develops STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) curriculum for use by elementary, middle and high schools, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a national non-profit STEM curriculum provider, today announced that American Council on Education (ACE) Learning Evaluations has evaluated and recommended college credit for seven PLTW courses. Those courses i  more