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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Indiana Newsletter for Sunday April 14, 2024 ( 4 items )  

American Nurses Association and Indiana State Nurses Association React to Indiana State University Nursing Student Video
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 13 -- The American Nurses Association issued the following news release: The American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA) are deeply disturbed by the racist commentary of a white nursing student at Indiana State University posted recently to a video on Yik Yak. The commentary in the video is offensive and completely unacceptable and does not align with the professional values and standards of nursing. The inaccurate, dehumanizi  more

NAMIC: Data Privacy Legislation Undermines Protections, Ignores Existing Solutions
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 11 -- The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Data privacy legislation set to be considered by the House Energy and Commerce Committee fails to recognize the realitie of the insurance and broader financial services sectors and could actually make new and worse problems for consumers, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies said today. "The draft of the American Privacy Rights Act doe  more

PETA to Gov. Holcomb: Dogs and Cats Trapped Inside Local 'Blood Prison' Need Your Intervention
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 9 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Today, PETA fired off an urgent appeal to Gov. Eric Holcomb, calling on him to expedite an investigation into and push for cruelty charges against The Veterinarians' Blood Bank (TVBB) after local authorities failed to take meaningful enforcement action for nearly three months following a PETA undercover video (https://investigations.peta.org/veterinarians-blood-bank/  more

Society of Professional Journalists Condemns the Colorado Republican Party for Expelling Journalist Sandra Fish From State Assembly
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 10 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns the removal of Colorado Sun reporter Sandra Fish from the Colorado State Republican Assembly, a blatant affront to press freedom. SPJ joins the SPJ Colorado pro chapter in support of Fish, a longtime reporter who has covered state politics since 1982. "These actions taken by government officials are outrageous and a total affront to the  more