Public Focused On Schools Bill In Only Testimony Day For Special Session Bills
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Special session bills include two tax measures and school safety legislation. But the only request for public testimony was on a bill for takeovers at the financially distressed Gary and Muncie school systems.
Public Focused On Schools Bill In Only Testimony Day For Special Session Bills
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Members of the public Monday got their only chance to testify on legislation the General Assembly will consider in its upcoming special session. The testimony was solely about a Gary-Muncie school takeover bill, the most controversial measure lawmakers will hear next week. Special session billThere are about 300 HIV positive patients currently waiting for an infected kidney or liver. But that’s only a fraction of the people who need it.
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The National Institutes of Health has announced a large scale clinical trial to help transplant more organs between HIV positive patients. Last month, such a transplant happened for the first time in Indiana. As Side Effects Public Media’s Emily Forman reports, the Indiana Donor Network recoveredThe school’s current multicultural center is a former residential house built in 1934. It is not easily accessible for students with disabilities.
Ball State University Proposes New Multicultural Center
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Ball State University is planning a new campus multicultural center to replace an 80-year-old house where some university programs are currently housed. Today, the university Board of Trustees heard a proposal that could see a building begin to be built in the summer or fall of 2019 at cost o