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ACLU: 3 Indiana girls expelled over Facebook jokes
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three eighth-graders from northwest Indiana who say they were expelled after joking on Facebook about which of their classmates they would like to kill asked a federal judge Wednesday to order the district to allow them to return...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Trials, Politics, Facebook
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South Bend plans to sell property to St. Joe High for appraised value
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND — One way or another, South Bend’s ultimate goal concerning the former Family Dollar property is still the same — get it in the hands of St. Joseph’s High School, preferably sooner than later. How city officials go...Tags: Church and State Relations, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Real Estate Sellers, Judges, Lawyers
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Indiana seeks stay in challenge to immigration law
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The state has asked a federal judge to stay a challenge to Indiana's immigration law until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a similar case involving Arizona. The motion for stay filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Hammond...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Labor Legislation
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ACLU sues Indy over newspaper for homeless
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal lawsuit claims Indianapolis officials are violating the First Amendment by preventing homeless vendors from selling a newspaper downtown in the week leading up to the Super Bowl. The Indianapolis Star reports (http://...Tags: Justice and Rights, Freedom of the Press, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Litigation
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Critics: Cops bothering gays in Kent County parks
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Activists in the Grand Rapids area say sheriff's deputies have been unfairly targeting gay men in Kent County parks. Critics told county commissioners Tuesday that undercover officers are entrapping gay men through casual... -
Leader suspends hearings on Ohio 'heartbeat' bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bill imposing the most stringent abortion limit in the nation has been put on hold in Ohio after backers who had defended its constitutionality for almost a year asked for a pile of last-minute language changes. The leader...Tags: Human Rights, U.S. Senate, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Tom Niehaus
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St. Joseph's High School buys Family Dollar site at auction
SOUTH BEND — City officials got more than they bargained for when they bought a dollar store on East LaSalle Avenue six months ago.
Four South Bend residents sued the city over plans to transfer ownership of the Family Dollar to St. Joseph’s...Tags: Trials, Politics, Government, Foreign Exchange Market, Church and State Relations
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New challenge filed over Indiana immigration law
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana group has launched a second legal challenge to the immigration law approved by state legislators this year. East Chicago-based Union Benefica Mexicana filed the lawsuit Tuesday with the federal court in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Politics, Immigration, Migration
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South Bend appeals Family Dollar decision
SOUTH BEND — The city of South Bend is appealing a federal judge’s ruling in the recent Family Dollar store lawsuit to clarify how city redevelopment projects involving religious institutions should be handled in the future. “What we...Tags: Church and State Relations, Foreign Exchange Market, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, Civil Rights
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State rules sought for Indiana school anthem singers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana legislator is proposing that the state set standards for singing and playing the national anthem at public schools and universities.
The bill filed by Republican state Sen. Vaneta Becker of Evansville calls for the... -
ACLU says teaching creationism in public schools unconstitutional
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana's top lawyer said Thursday that a bill pending that would allow schools to teach creationism in science classes clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and invites legal challenges....Tags: Politics, Louisiana Legislature, Luke Kenley, Science, U.S. Supreme Court
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GOP, activists join fight for answers in South Bend Police wiretap case
The fight continues to uncover more information into the wiretapping investigation at the South Bend Police Department. On Monday, the St. Joseph County Republican Party and a handful of South Bend activists joined the efforts in asking for full...
Tags: Politics, Local Government, Parties and Movements, Activism, Republican Party
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