Republican Senator Rick Niemeyer authored senate bill 248 for annual inspections of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFO’s. This bill would require state mandated, onsite, annual inspections by the Indiana environmental management agency. Inspections would be performed in large, medium and small CAFO facilities. The Senate Bill defines a large CAFO as “at which more than 1,000 head of beef …
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Ellettsville officials working to control flooding from Jack’s Defeat Creek; Criminal Arrests Double in Ellettsville; Senate bill curbs the teaching of creationism in schools; House Republican presents new bill opposing “partial birth abortion.” FEATURE News Director Wes Martin speaks with State Senator Mark Stoops as the Indiana legislature approaches the half way point of this year’s long legislative session. BICENTENNIAL …
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Senate Bill 132 requires graduating high school students to pass the civics test from the U.S. citizenship exam, in order to graduate. If passed, SB 132 would begin requiring students to pass the exam during the 2020-2021 school year. As WFHB Correspondent Jake Jacobson reports, the Republican-backed measure requires all students to pass the exam, with a score of 60 …
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