Department of Child Services Is Target Of New Class Action Lawsuit
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Nine children are named plaintiffs in the complaint, but lawyers in the case say it was filed on behalf of all current and future wards of the state.
DCS Target Of New Class Action Lawsuit
The Indiana agency that oversees the state’s foster system is the target of a class action lawsuit filed Tuesday morning in federal court in Evansville. The suit accuses the Department of Child Services of violating children’s constitutional rights. Nine children are named plaintiffs in the cTimothy Zimmer is an economist at University of Indianapolis. He says while it’s great the state produces so many college graduates, it’s a bad sign that it can’t retain them.
"It would be like the state going out and investing and buying all this high tech equipment and then turning around and then sending all this high tech equipment to other states," Zimmer says.One Indiana Startup Is Putting A Stopper In The 'Brain Drain'
There’s been a lot of attention given to how your online browsing habits can be used by companies like Amazon and Google to target you with ads. But one Indiana startup is now using the same techniques to help solve the state’s “brain drain” problem. On Purdue University’s campus, graduate...Hoosiers reported losing more than $16 million from robocall scams last year.
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Federal and state authorities across the country announced Tuesday a crackdown on illegal robocalls. That includes nearly 100 targeted enforcement actions by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Hoosiers reported losing more than $16 million from robocall scams last year. And