Thursday - October 31, 2024
*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Indiana Newsletter for Wednesday October 30, 2024 ( 5 items )  

2024 NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 - Rating No. 8 (October 28)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 29 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: The Seahawks of Keiser (Fla.) are the top squad in the latest edition of the NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 Ratings, receiving all but one first-place votes. Grand View (Iowa) once again grabs the last first-place vote and sits in second. Indiana Wesleyan remains third and and St. Thomas (Fla.) fifth, while Montana Western leapfrogs into fourth position. Rating Methodology:   more

Arun Agrawal to lead Notre Dame's new University-wide sustainability initiative
NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Oct. 29 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: Arun Agrawal, inaugural director of the Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative at the University of Notre Dame. Arun Agrawal, a renowned scholar of environmental politics and sustainable development, will join the University of Notre Dame on Jan. 1, 2025, as the inaugural director of the Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative, a key priority in the University's strategic framework. An  more

Indiana AG Turns Up Heat on State's Sanctuary Cities
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release: * * * Enforcing state law IRLI attorneys helped draft * * * Indiana's attorney general is ramping up enforcement of the state's law designed to prevent local jurisdictions from adopting sanctuary policies which bring crime, drugs and overcrowding to communities. Attorney General Todd Rokita recently issued civil investigative demands (CID) to the Seymour and South Bend police departments seeking i  more

Notre Dame Expert Explores Discrimination, Barriers That African Migrant Workers Navigate in South Korea
NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs issued the following news release: African migrant men working in South Korea are disproportionately harmed by societal pressures to conform to gender norms, according to a new study co-authored by Keough School sociologist Sharon Yoon. The study which was published in Gender, Work & Organization, detailed the experiences of men who work in physically demanding and low-paying jobs. Yoon co-aut  more

SPJ Ethics Leaders Decry Editorial Interference at LA Times and Washington Post Amid Debate Over Presidential Endorsements
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct. 29 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news on Oct. 28, 2024: Society of Professional Journalists ethics leaders today denounced the owners of the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post for reportedly preventing their editorial boards from publishing endorsements for president just days before the election. SPJ ethics leaders worry that this marks the beginning, and not the end, of such interference, which flouts the ideal of editorial ind  more