>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOLTED TO BLOCK STATE MONEY FROM BEING USED TO FUND INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S KINSEY INSTITUTE, WHICH FOCUSES ON HUMAN SEXUALITY.

>> I FOR ONE DO NOT WANT ONE CENT OF HOOSIER TAX DOLLARS TO HELP SHIELD CHILD SEX PREDATORS.

>> THE INSTITUTE HAS BEEN PART OF THE CULTURAL WAR SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN THE 1950s.

>>> AN OPERA BASED ON THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK WILL MAKE ITS DEBUT AT THE IU MUSICAL ARTS CENTER.

>> IT'S A STORY, FIRST OF ALL, OF SOMEBODY WHO IS EXTRAORDINARY, AND WHO WAS LOST TO US FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN HER BEING JEWISH.

>> THE OPERA'S COMPOSER IS HOPING IT WILL LIVE ON AFTER THE BLOOMINGTON PREMIER.

>>> AND RUSSIA'S INVASION OF ITS NEIGHBOR HITS THE ONE-YEAR MARK.

WE HAVE THESE STORIES PLUS THE LATEST NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M JOE HREN.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS MOVED THIS WEEK TO BLOCK INDIANA UNIVERSITY FROM USING STATE MONEY TO FUND THE KINSEY INSTITUTE.

AS ETHAN SANDWEISS REPORTS, THE RESEARCH CENTER ON HUMAN SEXUALITY HAS BEEN A TARGET IN THE CULTURE WARS FOR MORE THAN SEVEN DECADES.

>> AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE BUDGET BILL WAS PROPOSED WEDNESDAY BY REPUBLICAN REP LORISA SWEET OF WABASH, IT WOULD RESTRICT IT.

WITHOUT EVIDENCE, SHE ACCUSED THE INSTITUTE OF HARBORING SEXUAL PREDATORS.

>> WE AS THE GOVERNING BODY PUT LIMITS ON ACCESS TO TAX DOLLARS WE ALLOW INDIANA UNIVERSITY TO GARNER BY DENYING SUCH FUNDS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS KINSEY INSTITUTE.

>> THE HOUSE APPROVED THE AMENDMENT 53-34, AND ADVANCES THE BILL TO THE SENATE.

>>> PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS I.U.

CHAPTER BEN ROBINSON WANTS THE UNIVERSITY TO RESPOND BY INCREASING SUPPORT FOR KINSEY RESEARCH, WHICH FOCUSES ON HUMAN SEXUALITY, SEXUAL HEALTH, AND RELATIONSHIPS.

>> AND THE BEST MOST EFFECTIVE REJOINDERREJOINDER WOULD BE TO SAY, GREAT YOU ARE CUTTING STATE APPROPRIATIONS AND WE WILL FUND IT AT A HIGHER LEVEL USING OTHER REVENUE STREAMS OVER WHICH THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T HAVE AUTHORITY.

>> I.U.

HISTORIAN SAYS THE CULTURE WAR OVER ALFRED KINSEY'S RESEARCH AND THE INSTITUTE HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE 1950s.

HE SAYS THE UNIVERSITY HAS HISTORICAL STOOD BY ITS RESEARCHERS.

>> YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY, WHEN DR. WELLS WAS PRESIDENT, FAMOUSLY HE HUNG UP ON GOVERNOR ONE TIME BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR WAS COMPLAINING AND HE WOULD GET A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND OTHER FOLKS ABOUT KINSEY'S WORK.

>> THEY THINK IT'S ASHAME THAT THEY CAN'T SEE THE VALUE OF THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED AT KINSEY.

>> YOU ARE NOT ENDORSING ANY KIND OF ACTION, BUT YOU ARE ENDORSING THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN DO RESEARCH ON THAT STUFF, RIGHT?

AND THAT'S WHAT THE UNIVERSITY IS ABOUT.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M ETHAN SANDWEISS.

>>> NOW THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IS NOT A DONE DEAL.

THE STATE BUDGET WILL GO THROUGH SEVERAL REWRITES AND WOULD STILL NEED TO PASS THE SENATE AND BE SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR.

>> WE'RE NOW JOINED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE MATT PIERCE, A DEMOCRAT WHOSE DISTRICT INCLUDES THE UNIVERSITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

APPRECIATE IT.

SO WHERE DID THIS AMENDMENT COME FROM?

IT SEEMS LIKE IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY IT SURPRISED ME.

REPRESENTATIVE SWEET INTRODUCED IT AND THE THING THAT'S SO FLABBERGASTING TO ME, THIS IS ALL BASED ON OLD INTERNET RUMORS AND BOOKS AND CRAZY ATTACKS ON ALFRED KINSEY AND THE INSTITUTE THAT WERE MADE 20 YEARS AGO.

SO THIS THING REALLY CAME BACK TO LIFE AFTER TWO DECADES.

I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED BY IT.

WHEN I WAS QUESTIONING REPRESENTATIVE SWEET ON THE FLOOR ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE KINSEY INSTITUTE, IT WAS VERY, UM, VAGUE AND SOME ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE.

BUT THE INTERESTING THING WAS THEY ESSENTIALLY SAID THERE WERE CONSPIRACIES AS TO WHY KIDS WERE BEING HARMED, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WASN'T INVOLVED.

AT ONE POINT SHE SAID, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE HIDING.

>> HMM.

THERE'S BEEN -- THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME KINSEY HAS BEEN TARGETED.

YOU'RE A LECTURER AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY AS WELL.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE REALLY SURPRISED UPON THE SILENCE FROM I.U.

ON THIS AS WELL?

>> ACTUALLY NOT SO MUCH.

THESE UNIVERSITIES HAVE THEIR BUDGETS APPROVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

IF THEY GO FULL BORE AND PUSH BACK ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THEY RISK GETTING PUNISHED IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS.

I THINK A LOT OF LOBBYING AT THE STATE HOUSE TODAY HAS GONE UNDERGROUND.

PEOPLE FEAR THAT IF THEY PUBLICLY CHALLENGE THE LEGISLATORS AND WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO THAT THEY WILL ESSENTIALLY GET PUNISHED IN LEGISLATION OR THE BUDGET.

MOST THINGS HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO I WOULD BET A LOT OF MONEY THAT UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ARE TALKING DIRECTLY TO LEADERSHIP ASKING THEM TO GET THIS PROVISION OUT OF THE BUDGET BILL BY THE TIME WE GET TO FINAL PASSAGE IN APRIL.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK, WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

>> WELL, THERE ARE TWO THINGS.

THE FIRST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS WHEN THE SENATE TRADITIONALLY REWRITES THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE BUDGET.

WHEN THEY PUT THEIR AMENDMENT IN IN COMMITTEE, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER THEY KEEP THAT KINSEY LANGUAGE IN THERE, OR WHETHER IT COMES OUT AT THAT POINT.

ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS IT STAYS IN AND THERE'S A FIGHT IN THE SENATE ON SECOND READING TO TAKE IT OUT.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE ULTIMATE QUESTION, WHERE IT REALLY MATTERS IS WHEN THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE IS FILED AT THE VERY -- YOU KNOW, NEAR THE LAST DAY OF THE SESSION, WILL THAT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT, WHICH IS THE FINAL BUDGET INCLUDE THAT PROVISION?

>> THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ANTI-LGBTQ AND OTHER LEGISLATION TARGETING SEXUALITY THE PAST COUPLE OF SESSIONS.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE CONTINUING AT THE STATE HOUSE?

>> YES.

I'M REALLY DISTURBED, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AT LEAST IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WE HAVE HIT A TIPPING POINT NOW AND IT'S A VERY STRANGE KIND OF ALT RIGHT REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT'S EMERGING.

I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH POWER WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS NOW THAT YOU CAN EVEN GET THIS TO THE FLOOR.

THIS WAS A TIME WHEN THE LEADERSHIP WOULD HAVE SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS AND THEY WOULD HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING.

THE FACT THAT A BRAND NEW MEMBER OF THE HOUSE CAN BRING A PROVISION LIKE THAT, DEMAND AI ROLL CALL VOTE, AND PUT OTHER PEOPLE ON THE SPOT.

WHAT WE SAW IS, YES, SOME PEOPLE GENERALLY THINK KINSEY SHOULD BE DEFUNDED, BUT PROBABLY YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNEW IT WAS RIDICULOUS, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO RISK GETTING TAKEN OUT IN THE PRIMARY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS KIND OF QNON CONSPIRACY APPROACH TO LEGISLATING.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> FOR MORE ON SOME OF THE BILLS WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH BOTH CHAMBERS IS LIZ DeSANTIS.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW, LIZ.

>> THANKS, JOE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I HAVE SEVERAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING HERE RECENTLY.

UP FIRST, EDUCATORS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ADVOCATES CRITICIZED SEVERAL REPUBLICAN AUTHORIZED REPUBLICAN BILLS DURING A RALLY.

IT FEATURED A MOCK BAKE SALE ILLUSTRATED TO SEE HOW MUCH FUNDING WAS BEING DRAINED THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL THROUGH LEGISLATION AIMED AT EXPANDING SCHOOL CHOICE.

THEY CALLED OUT SENATE BILL 12 SPECIFICALLY WHICH IS STRIP SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AGAINST CHARGES THAT THEY DISTRIBUTED MATERIALS HARMFUL TO MINORS.

>> ANY TIME YOU PUT RESTRICTIONS ON TEACHERS IS ALARMING.

THE WHOLE BILL IS NOT NECESSARY.

>> McCORMICK SAYS PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL IN SCHOOLS CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WITH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

>>> AND A SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVED A BAN THIS WEEK ON ALL GENDER-AFFIRMING TRANSITION TREATMENTS FOR THOSE UNDER 18.

AS LAUREN CHAPMAN REPORTS, IT'S PART OF A NATIONAL MOVEMENT ACROSS CONSERVATIVE STATE HOUSES TARGETING LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS.

>> THE BILL WOULD BAN MEDICINAL OR SURGICAL TRANSITION FOR TRANSGENDER HOOSIERS YOUNGER THAN 18.

IT'S ALREADY AGAINST NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GUIDANCE TO PERFORM GENDER-AFFIRMING SURGERY FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH AND NO PROVIDER IN INDIANA OFFERS IT FOR MINORS.

HE AND HIS WIFE TOLD LAWMAKERS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE SEEKING OUT GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR THEIR SON.

>> HOOSIER CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN WHO SUFFER AND DIE IF YOU PASS THIS BILL.

>> TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF THE BAN LARGELY QUESTIONED THE SAFETY OF HORMONAL TREATMENTS AND PUBERTY BLOCKERS.

PUBERTY BLOCKERS ARE LARGELY REVERSIBLE.

IT'S VERY RARE THAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO TRANSITION BACK TO THE GENDER THEY WERE ASSIGNED AT BIRTH.

THE BILL NOW GOES TO THE FULL SENATE.

FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M LAUREN CHAPMAN.

>>> LEGISLATION THAT WOULD LIMIT DISCUSSIONS OF CERTAIN TOPICS REGARDING SEXUALITY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS PASSED OUT OF THE FULL HOUSE ON THURSDAY.

THE AMENDED BILL SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS THE DISCUSSION OF HUMAN SEXUALITY IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE CLASSROOMS.

IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO NOTIFY PARENTS IF STUDENTS REQUEST TO BE CALLED BY A NAME OR PRONOUN INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR SEX ASSIGNED BIRTH.

LGBTQ ADVOCATE SAY THE BILL'S LANGUAGE IS TOO VAGUE, AND IT CREATES A HARMFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR LGBTQ YOUTH IN CLASSROOMS.

AND RAISING THE SPEED LIMIT TO SEMIS FOR 70 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT'S THE SAME AS FOR PASSENGER CARS.

SUPPORTERS OF BILL SAY SEPARATE SPEED LIMITS INCREASE RISK OF CRASHES BY FORCING DRIVERS GOING 70 TO SWITCH LANES AND SPEED UP TO GET PASSED PASSED TRUCKS THAT CAN ONLY GO 65.

>> WE AGREE THAT THE INCREASED SPEED DIFFERENTIALS ARE THE PROBLEM.

THE ARGUMENT IS NOT THAT THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TOO SLOW AND THEY NEED TO GO FASTER.

THE REALITY IS CARS ARE GOING TOO FAST AND SHOULD BE SLOWED DOWN.

>> WHILE THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY STUDY CONCLUDES A UNIFORMED SPEED LIMIT WOULD BE SAFER, THE AUTHORS NOTE OTHER STUDIES HAVE INCONCLUSIVE AND SOMETIMES CONTRADICTORY RESULTS.

>>> HOOSIER VOTERS WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION TO OBTAIN MAIL-IN ELECTION BALLOTS UNDER BILLS REPUBLICANS ARE ADVANCING THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE VOTERS TO INCLUDE A PHOTOCOPY OF A GOVERNMENT ISSUED I.D.

AND AT LEAST TWO I.D.

NUMBERS, SUCH AS THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER OR THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

OPPONENTS ARGUE THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MAY DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS.

AND THIRD-PARTY FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES SUCH AS DOORDASH AND UBER EATS COULD NO LONGER INCLUDE RESTAURANTS ON THEIR PLATFORMS IF THE RESTAURANTS DON'T GOOD HE TO -- AGREE TO IT, THAT IS ON A BILL HEADED TO THE INDIANA HOUSE FLOOR.

IT REQUIRES FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES TO HAVE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT FROM RESTAURANTS BEFORE INCLUDING THEM ON THEIR WEBSITES OR APPS.

JOE, IF THEY SELL WITHOUT PERMISSION, RESTAURANTS COULD SUE THEM FOR UP TO $50,000 PER UNAUTHORIZED ORDER.

>> I THINK THAT WOULD GET THE ATTENTION OF THE DELIVERY SERVICES.

THANK YOU, LIZ.

>>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.

WE TALKED TO AN I.U.

STUDENT FROM THE WAR-TORN COUNTRY.

>>> AND AN OPERA BASED ON THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK WILL MAKE ITS WORLDWIDE DEBUT NEXT MONTH AT THE I.U.

MUSICAL ARTS CENTER.

>>> THESE STORIES AND MORE RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE RUSSIA INVADED NEIGHBORING UKRAINE, SETTING OFF A CONFLICT THAT HAS SEEN THE U.S. AND OTHER NATO NATIONS THROW THEIR SUPPORT BOTH BY MILITARY AND FINANCIALLY BEHIND UKRAINE.

IN THE PAST YEAR, WAR HAS CAUSED THOUSANDS OF DEATHS, THE DESTRUCTION OF MANY HOMES AND UNCERTAINTY IN MANY GLOBAL ECONOMIES.

PRESIDENT BIDEN VISITED KYIV EARLIER THIS WEEK AND MET WITH ALLIES IN POLAND.

IN MOSCOW, VLADIMIR PUTIN SHOWED NO SIGNS OF STOPPING HIS WAR EFFORT.

WELL, FOR MORE ON LIFE IN UKRAINE, AND THE WAR'S EFFECT ON ITS CITIZENRY, WE'RE JOINED BY STANISLAV MENZELEVSKYI, A Ph.D. STUDENT IN THE MEDIA SCHOOL FROM UKRAINE.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

>> THANKS FOR INVITING ME.

>> YOUR PARENTS ARE IN BLOOMINGTON.

>> IN L.A. >> UNDER IN L.A.

BUT YOU HAVE FAMILY THAT IS BACK IN THE UKRAINE.

>> YES, MY SIBLING AND BROTHERS IS STILL IN KYIV AND MANY OF MY AUNTS AND UNCLES AND OTHER FRIENDS.

>> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THOSE BACK HOME?

>> PEOPLE ARE USED TO THE WAR.

IT'S JUST SCARY, BUT IT'S LIKE A SURVIVAL MECHANISM.

THEY ARE DOING THEIR EVERYDAY STUFF.

MY BROTHER, HE WORKS.

JUST LIKE ANY OTHER UKRAINIAN, TRYING TO COMBINE, LIKE, STATE SUPPORT AND EFFORT AND KEEPING THEIR OWN, LIKE, MENTAL HEALTH.

>> WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU TO COPE HERE WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON OVER ELECTRIC?

>> YEAH -- OVER THERE.

>> YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IT'S MUCH HARDER AND FRUSTRATING TO OBSERVE THE SITUATION FROM ABROAD AND, LIKE, CAN BE ABLE TO, LIKE, CHANGE IT OR, LIKE, IMPACT IT SOMEHOW.

THEY SAY IT'S MORE SAFER, AT LEAST IT FEELS SAFER IN UKRAINE BEING, LIKE, SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME GOALS, SHOWING THE SAME AMOUNT OF SOLIDARITY AND, LIKE, EFFORT.

>> MM-HMM.

>> WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO BE PAYING ATTENTION, STILL A YEAR LATER, WHAT'S GOING ON IN UKRAINE?

>> I MEAN, PEOPLE SHOULD REALIZE IT'S NOT A LOCAL KIND OF BORDER, LIKE, TENSION, CONFLICT.

IT'S A GLOBAL WAR.

IT'S STARTED BY PUTIN IN 2014, ACTUALLY.

SO IT'S LIKE EIGHT YEARS WAR.

THEY ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT LARGE-SCALE INVASION.

AND SO LOCAL WAR THAT IMPACTS EVERYTHING.

LIKE THE SUPPLY CHAIN, AGRICULTURE AND BUSINESS CULTURE, CULTURAL HERITAGE.

SO IT'S IMPACTING GLOBAL, DESPITE JUST A SMALL BORDERLINE REGION OF UKRAINE WHERE THE FIGHT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

>> WE SEE ALL OF THESE TERRIBLE VISUALS AND YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND SO MUCH, AND HOW DOES THE UKRAINE MOVE FORWARD?

WHAT IS THE FUTURE?

>> IT'S HARD TO PREDICT, LIKE, ANYTHING.

BECAUSE NO ONE EXPECTED WAR STARTED, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A STATE FILM ARCHIVE AND LIBRARIES AND MOST OF THE ARCHIVES ARE STILL INTACT AND SURVIVING THE WAR.

A LOT OF REGIONAL ARCHIVES CLOSER TO THE BORDER, OR LIKE THE FRONT-LINE WERE DESTROYED.

A LOT OF ARTIFACTS WERE STOLEN OR LOOTED BY RUSSIANS.

THEY MOVE EVERYTHING FROM THERE.

GRAIN AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS, THAT'S WHAT IS INVOLVED FROM WHAT I SEE.

>> WELL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US.

>> THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.

>> WE ARE JOINED NOW BY CATHERINE PATTERSON FOR HEADLINES AROUND THE STATE.

>> BLOOMINGTON MAYOR JOHN HAMILTON SAYS THE CITY IS WELL-POSITIONED FOR SUCCESS, ONCE NEW LEADERS ASSUME OFFICE NEXT YEAR.

HAMILTON, WHO ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR HE WOULD KNOT NOT RUN FOR A THIRD TERM SAID THAT AND MORE IN HIS FINAL STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS THURSDAY NIGHT.

>> THE STATE OF OUR CITY IS VERY STRONG, AND READY FOR THE FUTURE.

AND THERE'S MORE TO COME FOR 2023.

>> HAMILTON SAID THE NEXT MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION SHOULD FOCUS ON CLIMATE ACTION, QUALITY OF LIFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

HE SAID THERE HAS BEEN MOMENTUM ON THE FIRST THREE OF THOSE ITEMS, BUT SAID THE CITY AND COUNTY ARE DEPLORABLY LACKING, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO ALL THIS LOCALLY, WITH ALL THAT WE CAN.

RELYING EXTENSIVELY ON OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, WE CANNOT WAIT FOR THE STATE TO SAVE US.

>> HAMILTON WAS REFERRING IN PART TO ISSUES AT THE MONROE COUNTY JAIL, WHICH SHERIFF RUBEN MARTE HAS EMPHASIZED SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE.

>>> IN AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION REPRESENTATIVE SAYS MONROE COUNTY MUST WORK QUICKLY TO ESTABLISHING A NEW JAIL TO AVOID POSSIBLE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES.

LUCAS GONZALES HAS THIS REPORT.

>> KEN FAULK IS THE LEGAL DIRECTOR FOR ACLU, AND FILED A LAWSUIT.

FAULK SAYS PROGRESS ON THE JAIL HAS STALLED BECAUSE COUNTY LEADERS ARE STRIVING FOR PERFECTION.

>> YOU GUYS REALLY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TREAT PEOPLE WELL, BUT IT HAS HINDERED YOUR ABILITY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

AND THERE'S A VERY BASIC SOLUTION, WHICH IS YOU HAVE TO BUILD A NEW JAIL.

>> A 2021 STUDY HAS FOUND THE CURRENT JAIL HAS EXCEEDED THE FUNCTIONAL LIFE.

BECAUSE THAT STUDY EXISTS, FAULK SAYS, THE COUNTY COULD BE LIABLE IF SOMEONE WERE TO SUE FOR DAMAGES.

>> SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AT THAT POINT, YOU CAN'T SAY WHOEVER IS BEING SUED, THE COUNTY, WE DIDN'T KNOW, BECAUSE YOU KNOW!

YOU KNOW.

AND CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS REQUIRE FAULT, REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE, WELL, YOU ALL HAVE KNOWLEDGE.

>> IF A COURT DETERMINES THAT THE JAIL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, EVERY PERSON INCARCERATED THIS IN THE TWO YEARS PRECEDING THE RULING COULD ALSO SUE FOR DAMAGE I'M LUCAS GONZALES.

>> THE ACLU LAWSUIT IS SCHEDULED TO BE DISMISSED IN JANUARY 2024.

FAULK SAYS HE HAS CONSIDERED LETTING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT EXPIRE AND FILING A NEW LAWSUIT BUT PREFERS NOT TO.

>>> A POPULAR BLOOMINGTON DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL IS POSTPONED AGAIN DUE TO INCREASING SUPPLY COSTS, LABOR SHORTAGES AND REDUCED SPACE.

TASTE OF BLOOMINGTON COCHAIR SAYS THE 40-YEAR-OLD MODEL IS NOT SUSTAINABLE AND HOPES A REFRESHED VERSION WILL RETURN SOON.

HE SAYS THE FESTIVAL TAKES 500 VOLUNTEERS TO RUN, AND AT ITS PEAK HAD 50 PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS.

>> WE WANT IT TO BE A GOOD QUALITY EVENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF AND THAT WE CAN CREATE, YOU KNOW, A QUALITY EXPERIENCE.

>> WELL, THE TASTE WON'T RETURN, JOE.

THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS ON THE SCHEDULE THIS SUMMER, LIKE THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT BEGINS APRIL 1st, AND THE FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS THAT START APRIL 7th.

TO MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR APPETITE TO BOTH OF THOSE.

>> THEY ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER TOO.

>> THANKS, KATHERINE.

THE WORLD PREMIER OF THE OPERA BASED ON THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK OPENED AT THE I.U.

JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

THE I.U.

PROFESSOR HAS A DIRECT CONNECTION NOT HOLOCAUST.

>> A TEENAGER LIVING IN ISRAEL, SCHUMITE RON WAS MOVED.

SHE BEGAN COMPOSING SONG TO HEBREW POETRY AND STUDYING THE COMPOSITION OF TOP ISRAELI COMPOSERS.

NOW A PULITZER PRIZE WINNING COMPOSER, SHE CONTINUES TO MAKE MUSIC ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST.

SHE DESCRIBES HER COMPOSITIONS AS ABSTRACT WITH MIXES OF INSTRUMENTAL, ORCHESTRAL AND VOCAL ELEMENTS.

THE IDEA TO TURN THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK INTO AN OPERA, HOWEVER, CAME AS A SUGGESTION FROM THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE ATLANTA OPERA WHO ATTENDED ONE OF HER EARLY OPERAS.

>> IT'S HER STORY, FIRST OF ALL, OF SOMEBODY WHO IS EXTRAORDINARY, AND WHO WAS LOST TO US FOR NO OTHER REASON, THAN HER BEING JEWISH.

AND IT'S KEEPING HER MEMORY ALIVE.

AND THE MEMORY OF SO MANY OTHERS.

>> BUT OBTAINING THE RIGHTS TO THE DIARY WAS COMPLEX.

THE PROCESS TURNED OUT TO COME FULL CIRCLE WITH THE HELP OF ONE OF HER OTHER COLLEAGUES ARTHUR FAGAN.

>> IT'S VERY, VERY COMPLEX INTERACTION BETWEEN MANY PEOPLE.

LUCKILY, QUITE EARLY ON, ARTHUR FAGAN, OF COURSE, WOULD BE CONDUCTING THE OPERA, AS HE CONDUCTED ALSO MY FIRST OPERA IN CHICAGO.

>> FAGAN CENTS CHAIR OF ORCHESTRAL -- IS THE CHAIR OF ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING.

HE SPENT A WHOLE DAY WITH ANNE FRANK'S FIRST COUSIN, BUDDY ELLIS, 11 YEARS AGO IN SWITZERLAND.

>> HE WAS VERY RELUCTANT TO GIVE US THE RIGHTS.

HE SAID THERE MIGHT BE A EUROPEAN COMPANY THAT WAS INTERESTED.

MY PARENTS WERE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.

THEY WERE ON SHH SCHINDLER'S LIST.

>> FAGAN'S PARENTS ARENA AND LEWIS, ESCAPED THE HOLOCAUST WHEN GERMAN SCHINDLER ADDED HIM TO THE LIST OF THE BEING THE SON OF SCHINDLER'S LIST HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IS A DEEPLY PERSONAL CONNECTION FOR FAGAN, A THEME THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

>> I TRIED TO DO ANYTHING IN MY WAY AS A MUSICIAN TO KEEP THE MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST ALIVE AND NOW IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU READ AROUND ABOUT HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND MINIMIZATION.

I THINK IT IS VERY TIMELY THAT WE ARE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.

>> I.U.

'S FULL-SCALE PRODUCTION OF THE OPERA WILL HAVE A DOUBLE CAST, EACH PERFORMING ON DIFFERENT NIGHTS EACH WEEKEND.

ONE OF THE ACTORS PLAYING ANNE FRANK, KATE JOHNSON, KEEPING THE MEMORY OF ANNE AND THE HOLOCAUST ALIVE IS WHAT THE YOUNG GIRL WOULD HAVE WANTED.

>> ANNE, SHE HAD BEEN EDITING HER DIARY WITH PUBLICATION IN MIND.

SHE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE FORGOTTEN.

SHE WANTED EVERYTHING DOCUMENTED AND HER STORY SHARED.

SO I'M SO INCREDIBLY HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.

>> AS THE COMPOSER, SHE HOPES THE OPERA WILL HAVE A LIFE OF ITS OWN.

>> EVERY STORY OF EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO WAS ANNIHILATED IN THE HOLOCAUST, EACH ONE OF THEM HAD A STORY TO TELL.

EACH ONE OF THEM WAS SPECIAL, THE WAY THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE.

THERE'S A LIGHT IN EVERY PERSON THAT CAN BE -- CAN BRING LIGHT TO THE WORLD, AND ALL ELSE CAN BE EXTINGUISHED.

>>> READING THE DIARY, EVEN YEARS LATER AS AN ADULT, RON REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT ANNE'S LIFE HAD ON THE WORLD.

>> WHEN I READ THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, THERE WAS NO QUESTION THAT THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO WOULD HAVE MADE A GREAT MARK, A GREAT PANE LASTING MARK HAD SHE LIVED ON.

SHE DID, OF COURSE, MAKE A GREAT LASTING MARK, SHE DID.

BUT JUST IMAGINE WHERE SHE MIGHT HAVE GONE HAD SHE LIVED.

>> FOR WTIU, I'M KAIAN TARA.

>> THE PREMIER IS OPENING MARCH 3rd.

>>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SEASON FINALE, THE INDIANA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM SAN RAFAEL THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONS.

THEY TRAVEL TO IOWA CITY TO FACE THE SIXTH RANKED HAWKEYES.

THEY HAVE BEEN ON A MISSION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, SAYS HEAD COACH TERI MOREN.

INDIANA IS 9-0 AGAINST BIG TEN TEAMS.

THE MOST WINS OF TOP 25 TEAMS OF ANYONE IN THE NATION.

THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS WEEK.

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HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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