This month, Civic Conversations welcomes Professor Charles Geyh, a Distinguished Professor of Law at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. A widely recognized expert on judicial conduct, Proerfoess Geyh has served as a witness in a U.S. Senate impeachment trial, leading to dozens of media appearances on the subject. He is also the author of Who Is to Judge: Who is to Judge?: …
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On July 29, 2023, the Supreme Court landed a verdict in favor of getting rid of affirmative action in college admissions. The consequence of this? Race cannot be a deciding factor when it comes to the college admissions process. WFHB News interviewed IU Maurer School of Law Professor Steve Sanders, who teaches constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, family law and constitutional …
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Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is a special edition of Disabulletin. Tonight, we continue our report: Lawyers, Schools, and Access: A History of Special Education in the United States as part of our coverage of the recent Supreme Court Special Education Case Perez V Sturgis School District, which will be decided by the end of the court’s term …
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The Supreme Court met today to hear a case regarding a deaf student Miguel Luna Perez of Sturgis Michigan, who was denied access to a professional sign language interpreter and whose parents were falsely told over the course of 12 years that their son was on his way to graduation, only to receive a certificate of completion instead of a …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Tuesday, January 17th, 2022. Later in the program, Georgia Representative Park Cannon gave an impassioned speech during the MLK Day Celebration at Buskirk Chumley last night. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Lil Bub’s Lil Show – done in collaboration between the WFHB Local News and …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, November 16th, 2022. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro continues his ongoing report, Civil or Not: The Court Case of Talevski v. Marion and the Debate over a Private Right to Sue. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Pants on Fire on Better …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, November 3rd, 2022. In today’s Disabulletin, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Professor Steve Sanders at the IU Mauer School of Law in the second edition of our special report, Civil or Not: The Court Case of Talevski v. Marion and the Debate over a Private Right to Sue. More in today’s …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022. In today’s Disabulletin, WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Professor Steve Sanders at the IU Mauer School of Law. More in today’s feature report. Also coming up in the next half hour, Spying on You on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on WFHB. More following today’s feature. …
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HEADLINES All stories this week by Norm Holy Indiana is often where out-of-state corporations propose to put highly polluting processes. WFYI reports a company that wants to build a coal-to-diesel plant in southern Indiana has hit a roadblock. Flexsteel Industries Inc. has agreed to a consent decree that requires it to pay $9.8 million for the cleanup of contamination at …
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HEADLINES Indiana’s state insect is a lightning bug. In 2018, after years of campaigning by Hoosier elementary students, the Indiana legislature and Gov. Eric Holcomb proclaimed the Say’s firefly as the state’s bug. Not only is this species of firefly native to Indiana, it also is named after a Hoosier who discovered it: Thomas Say. —Norm Holy The Republic in …
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