INDIANA NEWSDESK IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> COMING UP ON INDIANA NEWSDESK.

LAST YEAR, INDIANA BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST STATES TO LIMIT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF AGRICULTURAL LAND, CITING NATIONAL SECURITY.

>> AGRICULTURAL IS A $35 BILLION INDUSTRY IN INDIANA ANNUALLY, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PUT THAT BIG INDUSTRY IN JEOPARDY.

>> ABOUT 2 PERCENT OF STATE FARMLAND IS OWNED BY FOREIGN ENTITIES.

A NEW EXIST IN INDIANAPOLIS AIMS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE HISTORY OF RACIST VIOLENCE IN THE STATE.

>> THIS IS A HISTORY WE MUST LOOK IN THE FACE, WE MUST CONFRONT, WE MUST REMEMBER.

>> THE EXHIBIT WAS SEVEN YEARS IN THE MAKING AND ITS CURATORS HOPE TO TAKE IT ON THE ROAD.

AND A JUDGE'S RULING THIS WEEK POSTPONES THE FATE OF TWO AREAS OF MONROE COUNTY.

THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WANTS TO ANNEX.

WE'LL HAVE THESE STORIES PLUS THE LATEST NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW ON INDIANA NEWS DESK.

>> WELCOME TO INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M PERRY METZ, SITTING IN FOR JOE HREN.

ALTHOUGH THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED OVER IN MAY, THE VIRUS HAS NEVER REALLY GONE AWAY.

AND ALMOST FOUR YEARS AFTER THE FIRST CASES WERE DETECTED, INFECTIONS ARE AGAIN TICKING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A NEW VARIANT TAKES HOLD.

THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF BRINGING BACK SOME OF THE PERSONAL SAFETY MANDATES IN PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

BUT INDIANA SENATOR MIKE BRAUN AND A HANDFUL OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING A BILL TO BAN FEDERAL MASK MANDATES FROM BEING RE-INSTITUTED FOR AIR TRAVEL, PUBLIC TRANSIT AND SCHOOLS.

WE'RE JOINED NOW BY SHANDY DEARTH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE AT I-U-P-U-I, FOR THE LATEST ON THE VIRUS' IMPACT.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW, SHANDY.

WE ARE SEEING COVID NUMBERS INCHING BACK UP IN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY.

HOW CONCERNED SHOULD WE BE WITH SCHOOLS BACK AND FLU SEASON COMING?

>> SO I THINK BY NOW WE ALL RECOGNIZE COVID ISN'T GOING AWAY, IT'S HERE TO STAY JUST LIKE FLU IS HERE TO STAY.

WE ARE DEFINITELY AT A HIGHER RISK OF CATCHING A DISEASE WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER AS WE ARE STARTING TO SEE WITH SCHOOLS GOING BACK INTO SESSION, WE CAN TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT OURSELVES.

YOU CAN STILL SEE REGULAR WEEKLY UPDATES NOW ON COVID AND FLU IN YOUR LOCAL AREA OR ANY AREA YOU MIGHT BE TRAVELING TO, AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN WHATEVER AREA YOU ARE IN TO SEE WHAT THE TRANSMISSION LEVELS ARE LIKE.

MAKING SURE YOU'RE UPDATED ON YOUR VACCINATIONS BOOSTERS, AND THEN ALSO CONSIDER BRINGING BACK A MASK, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE AT HIGHER RISK AT COVID COMPLICATIONS.

AND SO WE HAVE THOSE TOOLS AT HAND, JUST NEED TO USE THOSE.

>> I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR SAYING BRING BACK MASKS, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN PUSHBACK AGAINST THAT.

HOW DO WE AVOID COVID FATIGUE?

>> SO WE REALIZE EVERYONE ABSORBS NEW INFORMATION DIFFERENTLY.

SOME PEOPLE, SOME OF THE SCIENCE MINDED PEOPLE ARE VERY QUICK TO HOP ON WHEN WE SAY WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR ACTIVITIES, OTHERS ARE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER AT CATCHING ON AND THEY MIGHT BE MORE RELUCTANT.

WE NEED TO KEEP THAT MESSAGE GOING OUT THERE.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING NEW IN HEALTH CARE OR PUBLIC HEALTH.

NOT LIKE EVERYONE WEARS THEIR SEATBELT EVERY TIME OR EATS THE HEALTHY FOOD ALL OF THE TIME.

WE NEED TO KEEP THAT COMMUNICATION OUT THERE AND BE VERY CLEAR COVID IS STILL A THREAT FOR US, AND MAKE SURE COMMUNICATION IS CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE FLU, THAT THIS IS STILL A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS IN 2020, BUT STILL A THREAT.

>> WE ARE TOLD A NEW VACCINE WILL BE WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> WE SHOULD HAVE THE LATEST BOOSTER AVAILABLE IN FALLERACIS AND AT YOUR THERE'S OFFICE.

THE -- DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

THE LAST REPORTS ARE SHOWING US THAT IT IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE LATEST VARIANT THAT HAS CAUGHT THE MEDIA ATTENTION.

BA2.6.

IT'S GREAT IT'S EFFECTIVE AGAINST THAT.

DEFINITELY WORTH IT TO GET THIS BOOSTER.

MOST INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL COVER IT AND ACTUALLY CDC IS LAUNCHING A NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE BRIDGE PROGRAM THIS FALL.

WHICH WILL HELP PROVIDE VACCINATIONS TO THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE, WHICH IS GREAT.

>> DO YOU EXPECT THAT COVID WILL BECOME LIKE THE FLU, JUST PART OF EVERY TODAY LIFE.

>> IT IS PART OF EVERY DAY LIFE NOW LIKE THE FLU, BUT VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE FLU, AND THAT PEOPLE WITH COVID ARE STILL MORE LIKELY TO NEED A HOSPITAL VISIT, MORE LIKELY TO NEED ACTUAL ADMISSION INTO THE HOSPITAL.

AND WE DO HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF DEBT FROM COVID VERSUS THE FLU.

AND SO THINK ABOUT THE TERM LONG COVID AS WELL, WE HAVE ALL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE IDEA OF LONG COVID, LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS FROM COVID, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT WITH FLU.

THAT'S BECAUSE COVID DOES HAVE GREATER COMPLICATIONS THAN FLU DOES.

SO IT'S STILL A GREATER THREAT TO US THAN FLU IS.

>> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING WITH US TODAY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY CALI LICHTER FOR MORE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE.

CALI THANKS, PERRY.

>>> NARCAN, THE SPRAY USED TO REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF AN OPIOID OVERDOSE, IS NOW AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER AT PHARMACIES.

THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVED MAKING THE DRUG AVAILABLE WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION EARLIER THIS YEAR.

BUT IT'S NOT CHEAP, NOR IS IT COVERED BY ALL INSURANCE PLANS.

>> 45 DOLLARS YOU KNOW CAN BE A LOT OF MONEY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO REQUIRE MORE THAN TWO DOSES, WHICH IS THE CASE RIGHT NOW IN THE LANDSCAPE WITH FENTANYL.

>> THE DRUG IS AVAILABLE FOR+ FREE AT THE MONROE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND JAIL.

>>> THIRTY DRINKING WATER UTILITIES IN INDIANA HAVE TOXIC PFAS IN THEIR TREATED WATER AT LEVELS THAT ARE ABOVE FEDERAL HEALTH GUIDELINES.

INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S REBECCA THIELE REPORTS, ONE OF THOSE UTILITIES HAS LAID OUT A PLAN TO LOWER THOSE LEVELS.

>> AMONG OTHER THINGS, EXPOSURE TO THE INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS HAS BEEN LINKED TO KIDNEY CANCER, PROBLEMS WITH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES IN CHILDREN.

THE CITY OF COLUMBUS HAS PFOA - A TYPE OF PFAS - IN ITS DRINKING WATER AT LEVELS NEARLY TWICE AS HIGH AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED LIMITS.

MAYOR JIM LIENHOOP SAYS THE CITY HAS SHUT DOWN ONE DRINKING WATER WELL THAT HAD PFOA LEVELS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE OTHERS IN THE HOPE IT WILL BRING THE LEVELS IN THE TREATED WATER DOWN.

HE SAYS THE CITY ALSO HOPES TO DRILL NEW, SAFER DRINKING WATER WELLS AND EVENTUALLY ADD ACTIVATED CHARCOAL TREATMENT TO ITS WATER TREATMENT PROCESS.

>> AND THEN I GUESS THERE'S REALLY A FOURTH STRATEGY, WHICH IS THAT WE WILL PURSUE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THESE COSTS FROM SOME OF THE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE COMPOUNDS.

3M AND DUPONT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENGAGED IN LITIGATION AND WE INTEND TO JOIN THAT.

>> LIENHOOP SAYS MONEY FROM A SUIT COULD HELP THE CITY PAY FOR THE COST OF KEEPING RESIDENTS SAFE.

FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M REBECCA THIELE.

>> TOXIC PFAS HAS BEEN FOUND AT LEVELS ABOVE FEDERAL HEALTH GUIDELINES IN THE TREATED DRINKING WATER AT SIX MORE LARGE UTILITIES IN INDIANA.

THAT INCLUDES UTILITIES SERVING THE CITIES OF EAST CHICAGO, MADISON AND RAMSEY AS WELL AS LAKE, JACKSON AND JOHNSON COUNTIES.

>>> INDIANA'S NEAR-TOTAL ABORTION BAN IS PREVENTING DOCTORS IN THE STATE FROM GETTING THE TRAINING THEY NEED.

INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S ABIGAIL RUHMAN REPORTS MEDICAL SCHOOLS ARE BEARING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADAPTING TO THE NEW LEGISLATION.

>> THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION STATES O-B-G-Y-N PROGRAMS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ABORTION TRAINING, OR ACCESS TO ABORTION TRAINING, AS A "PART OF THE PLANNED CURRICULUM. "

DOCTOR NICOLE SCOTT IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, WHICH IS NOW SENDING DOCTORS OUT OF STATE TO COMPLETE THE ABORTION TRAINING REQUIREMENT.

SHE SAYS THIS COMPLICATES THE PROGRAM'S LOGISTICS.

>> THEY HAVE TO GET A MEDICAL LICENSE FROM A DIFFERENT STATE.

WE SUPPORT THEIR TRAVEL AND LODGING, BUT THAT IS KIND OF AN UNEXPECTED BUDGETARY THING THAT WE JUST WEREN'T PREPARED FOR.

>> THE BAN IS ALSO IMPACTING THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE STATEWIDE.

SCOTT SAYS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THREE TO FIVE OUT OF TEN RESIDENTS WOULD STAY IN THE STATE - LAST YEAR ONLY ONE STAYED.

>> IT'S SCARY.

I'D DEFINITELY TELL STUDENTS TO THINK TWICE ABOUT ENTERING THIS SPECIALTY.

>> FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M ABIGAIL RUHMAN.

>>> THE ABORTION LAW IS NOT ONLY LEADING TO FEWER OBSTETRICIANS IN THE STATE, BUT TWO BIRTHING CENTERS IN NORTHEAST INDIANA HAVE RECENTLY CLOSED.

AND FOR MANY PATIENTS, THAT MEANS HAVING TO TRAVEL FURTHER FOR CARE AND APPOINTMENTS HARDER TO GET.

>> IF IT IS A LONG DRIVE AND YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF WORK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT YOUR OWN PERSONAL BEING AND CARE?

BUT ALSO THE CARE THAT IS NEEDED FOR YOUR LITTLE ONE?

>> THE PROBLEM ISN'T UNIQUE TO NORTHEAST INDIANA.

TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF COUNTIES IN INDIANA ARE DESIGNATED MATERNITY CARE DESERTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 28 PERCENT HAVE LOW OR MODERATE ACCESS TO MATERNAL CARE.

>>> ACCORDING TO THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY, ABOUT 1 IN 10 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND 1 IN 30 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SAID THEY USED TOBACCO IN 2022.

2012.

E-CIGARETTES WERE THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED FORM- WITH NINE POINT TWO PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOLERS AND TWO POINT TWO PERCENT OF MIDDLE SCHOOLERS USING THESE PRODUCTS.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT USAGE DROPPED FROM ABOUT 23 PERCENT IN 20-18 TO TEN POINT 5 PERCENT IN 2022.

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, MORE THAN EIGHT PERCENT USED TOBACCO IN 2018 COMPARED TO THREE POINT THREE PERCENT LAST YEAR.

>>> THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WANTS YOUR HELP TO TRACK A EUROPEAN LIZARD SPOTTED IN INDIANA.

KNOWN AS THE COMMON WALL LIZARD, THEY AREN'T DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE, BUT THE AGENCY WORRIES THEY COULD COMPETE WITH NATIVE LIZARDS FOR FOOD AND SHELTER.

>> WITH THESE WALL LIZARDS THOUGH, EUROPE HAS A PRETTY SIMILAR CLIMATE TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE MIDWEST.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S ALLOWED THEM TO REALLY JUST KIND OF GET ESTABLISHED ALMOST AS IF IT FEELS LIKE HOME TO THEM.

>> NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, SOME OF THE LIZARDS WERE FOUND AT FALLS OF THE OHIO STATE PARK IN CLARK COUNTY AND THE D-N-R WORKED TO ERADICATE THEM.

BUT THIS SUMMER, THEY'RE BACK.

SEVERAL OF THE FIVE TO EIGHT INCH SPOTTED LIZARDS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.

AND, PERRY, THE D-N-R IS ASKING ANYONE WHO SEES THE LIZARD TO CONTACT THEM THROUGH ITS WEBSITE.

>> THANKS, CALI, I'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

>>> THIRTY-FIVE STATES HAVE PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO LIMIT FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL LAND OWNERSHIP.

INDIANA DID SO EARLIER THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN 2022.

BUT HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THESE LAWS AT PROTECTING U. S. INTERESTS?

CLAYTON BAUMGARTH REPORTS.

>> EARLIER THIS YEAR, AMERICANS WATCHED AS A UFO FLOATED THROUGH THE COUNTRY FROM COAST TO COAST.

IT TURNED OUT TO BE A HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOON OWNED BY CHINA.

WHEN IT WAS SHOT DOWN OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA, U. S. OFFICIALS STATED THE BALLOON CARRIED INTELLIGENCE GATHERING EQUIPMENT.

AND DESPITE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S STATEMENTS THAT THE INCIDENT WAS UNINTENTIONAL AND QUOTE 'EMBARRASSING FOR CHINESE AUTHORITIES,' HAVING WHAT MANY VIEW AS AN ADVERSARY IN DOMESTIC AIRSPACE RILED STATE LEGISLATURES.

IN RESPONSE, A RASH OF NEW LAWS AIMED AT LIMITING FOREIGN LAND OWNERSHIP FROM COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA HAVE POPPED UP ACROSS THE NATION.

MICAH BROWN IS A STAFF ATTORNEY AT THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LAW CENTER.

HE SAYS THAT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN SUCH LAWS.

>> THIS ISSUE HAS POPPED UP AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY, THROUGH DIFFERENT POLITICAL FLASHPOINTS THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE NATION AT THAT TIME.

THIS IS JUST THE MOST RECENT POLITICAL FLASHPOINT.

>> IN 2021, A CHINESE COMPANY IN TEXAS ALARMED OFFICIALS WHEN IT BEGAN PURCHASING LARGE AMOUNTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND CLOSE TO AN AIR FORCE BASE.

IN NORTH DAKOTA IN THAT SAME YEAR, ANOTHER CHINESE COMPANY ALSO PURCHASED LAND NEAR AN AIR FORCE BASE.

>> I THINK POLICYMAKERS SAW THAT AND STARTED PROPOSING LEGISLATION IN THAT 2021 PERIOD.

AND FROM 2021 TO 2022.

WE HAD 12 STATES PROPOSED SOME KIND OF MEASURE.

>> INDIANA WAS THE FIRST STATE TO ENACT A NEW LAW DURING THAT PERIOD.

NOW IN 2023, 35 STATES HAVE PROPOSED THEIR OWN LEGISLATION TO LIMIT FOREIGN LAND OWNERSHIP.

LEGISLATORS HAVE A POPULAR PHRASE AS TO WHY THESE LAWS ARE SO IMPORTANT.

>> FOOD SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY.

AND SO A LOT OF THESE PROPONENTS OF THE MEASURES ARE SAYING THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURE.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE UNDERLYING REASON FOR PROPOSING THESE MEASURES.

>> BUT WHAT DO THESE LAWS ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH?

WE LOOKED AT THE INDIANA LEGISLATION.

SENATE BILL 388, TITLED FOREIGN GIFTS AND OWNERSHIP OF AGRICULTURAL LAND, PASSED THE SENATE IN A 49- TO 1 VOTE AND THE HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY.

SENATOR JEAN LEISING, WHO AUTHORED THE BILL ALONG WITH SENATORS MARK MESSMER AND JAMES TOMES, SAYS THEY PASSED THE LAW TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LAND FROM THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE U. S. INTERESTS IN MIND.

>> AGRICULTURE IS A $35 BILLION INDUSTRY IN INDIANA ANNUALLY.

AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PUT THAT BIG INDUSTRY IN JEOPARDY PLUS OUR FOOD SUPPLY AS WELL.

>> THE LAW PROHIBITS FOREIGN ENTITIES FROM OWNING LAND IN INDIANA, WITH EXCEPTIONS.

THE LAW DOES NOT APPLY TO LAND USED FOR RESEARCH OR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES.

IT ALSO ALLOWS FOREIGN ENTITIES TO OWN UP TO 320 ACRES OF LAND FOR CROPS OR UP TO 10 ACRES FOR TIMBER PRODUCTION.

LAND USED FOR RAISING OR PRODUCING EGGS IS ALSO EXCLUDED.

SENATE BILL 388 GIVES A ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM ON RUSSIAN BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS BUYING LAND IN THE STATE.

THAT MORATORIUM EXPIRED AT THE END OF JUNE.

LEISING SAYS SHE IS SATISFIED WITH HOW THE LAW CURRENTLY STANDS.

>> SINCE THIS WAS SIGNED IN 22, AND THERE WAS NO DEBATE ON THIS ISSUE IN 2023, WHICH WAS A LONG SESSION.

I'M NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW.

>> THERE'S A CHANCE THAT SOME FORM OF THESE STATE LAWS WILL BECOME FEDERAL LAW.

IN THE CURRENT SESSION OF CONGRESS, THE SENATE APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT TO RESTRICT CERTAIN INVESTMENTS FROM CHINA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA.

AND HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THESE LAWS AT PROTECTING U. S. INTERESTS AND CITIZENS?

JEFFREY STAKE IS A PROFESSOR AT IU'S MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW HE SAID IT'S A MIXED BAG.

ON ONE HAND, IT LOWERS COMPETITION IN THE MARKET.

>> YOU'RE SORT OF PROTECTED FROM CERTAIN NEW ENTRANTS INTO THE MARKET.

AND SO YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE BETTER OFF FOR THE LACK OF COMPETITION IN PRODUCING THOSE CROPS AND TIMBER.

>> ON THE OTHER HAND, THOSE LOOKING TO SELL THEIR LAND MAY HAVE LOST OUT ON INTERESTED BUYERS.

>> NOW THEY HAVE LESS OF A MARKET FOR THEIR LAND, SO THEY GET LESS MONEY FOR THEIR LAND.

SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SELLERS INTO THIS MARKET ARE LOSERS UNDER THIS INDIANA LAW.

SO THIS BILL, SO IT'S A MIXED BAG.

>> STAKE SAYS THAT AT THE HEART OF THE ISSUE, THE NATIONAL SECURITY RISK POSED FOR FOREIGN ENTITIES OWNING DOMESTIC CROPLAND IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN.

IF AN ENTITY GATHERS LAND, THEN DECIDES NOT TO PRODUCE GOODS ON THAT LAND, IT WILL HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON OUR ECONOMY.

>> THE PRICE OF WHEAT JUMPS UP, THE PRICE OF BREAD JUMPS UP FOR EVERYBODY.

WE'RE IN WORSE SHAPE.

SO THREATS OF NON-PRODUCTION BY THE PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE BEEN PRODUCING BECAUSE AND THEY'RE CHOOSING NOT TO DO THAT.

>> AS MANY LEGISLATORS HAVE SAID, FOOD SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY.

FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M CLAYTON BAUMGARTH.

>> ACCORDING TO THE AGRICULTURE FOREIGN INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE ACT, 2 PERCENT OF STATE LAND IS HELD BY FOREIGN ENTITIES.

THAT'S ABOUT 434,000 ACRES OF LAND.

NATIONALLY, 3-POINT-1 PERCENT OF ALL AGRICULTURAL LAND IS HELD BY FOREIGN ENTITIES.

COMING UP NEXT ON INDIANA NEWSDESK >> A NOVEMBER TRIAL REGARDING BLOOMINGTON'S PLANNED ANNEXATION OF TWO NEARBY AREAS WAS CALLED OFF UNTIL ANOTHER LAWSUIT IS DECIDED.

AND AN EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM AIMS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY OF RACIST VIOLENCE ININ THE STATE.

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

>> WFIU, THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND PRESENTING PARTNER ARE HOSTING SWING IN SEPTEMBER.

ALL CONCERTS ARE FREE.

BEGIN AT 6:30 P.M. AND TAKE PLACE EVERY FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER.

MORE AT WFIU.ORG OR 812- 812-855-1357.

>> NATIVE PEOPLE ARE STILL HERE, WE ARE TO GO THINGS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD.

>> I HAVE NO CHOICE.

BUT TO FIGHT FOR MY COUNTRY.

>> IT'S REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH VOICES.

>> WHOA!

>> WELCOME BACK TO INDIANA NEWSDESK.

A TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 10 TO DETERMINE THE FATE OF RESIDENTS IN TWO AREAS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WANTS TO ANNEX WAS CANCELED BY ADJUDGE TUESDAY.

EMMA HERWEHE HAS THIS REPORT.

>> REMONSTRATORS IN AREAS 1-A AND 1-B HAD ASKED A JUDGE TO DELAY THEIR COURT DATE BECAUSE OF ONGOING LITIGATION IN ANOTHER CASE BROUGHT BY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AGAINST THE STATE.

IF THE CITY WINS THAT LAWSUIT REGARDING ANNEXATION, THE REMONSTRATOR'S CASE WOULD BE MOOT.

>> WE'RE AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES PICK BACK UP IF THE DECISION GOES AGAINST THE CITY.

WE WILL BE READY TO PICK BACK UP AND FIGHT FOR 1A AND 1B'SRIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW.

>> TWO YEARS AGO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ADOPTED SEVEN AREAS TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

FIVE OF THOSE AREAS SUCCESSFULLY VOIDED THE ANNEXATION THROUGH REMONSTRATION EFFORTS.

AREAS 1-A AND 1-B WERE NOT ABLE TO GATHER ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO VOID ANNEXATION, BUT THEY DID REACH THE THRESHOLD TO APPEAL IN COURT.

THE CITY'S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE CHALLENGES A 2019 LAW AND SAYS THE REMONSTRATION EFFORTS WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

OPPONENTS OF ANNEXATION SAY THE COURT SHOULD WAIT FOR THAT CASE TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE HOLDING THE REMONSTRATION TRIAL.

TUESDAY, THE JUDGE DECIDED IN THEIR FAVOR.

>> WE'RE JUST OVERALL VERY THANKFUL THAT THE JUDGE WAS A CAREFUL JUDGE AND WE RESPECT HIS DECISION.

WE APPRECIATE THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION THE JUDGE GAVE THIS COMPLICATED ISSUE.

>> FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M EMMA HERWEHE.

>> THE CITY'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT IN ITS CASE AGAINST THE STATE HAS BEEN SET FOR DECEMBER 10TH.

>>> THE CRISPUS ATTUCKS MUSEUM RECENTLY OPENED AN EXHIBIT THAT AIMS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE HISTORY OF LYNCHING IN INDIANA AND MEMORIALIZE THE VICTIMS OF RACIAL VIOLENCE.

ISABELLA VESPERINI VISITED THE MUSEUM AND HAS THIS REPORT.

AND A WARNING TO OUR VIEWERS, SOME OF THIS CONTENT MAYBE DISTURBING.

>> THE EXHIBIT, UNMASKED: THE ANTI-LYNCHING EXHIBITS OF 1935 AND COMMUNITY REMEMBRANCE IN INDIANA, FIRST OPENED AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND HAS NOW MOVED TO ITS NEW LOCATION IN INDIANAPOLIS.

THE FIRST TWO PARTS OF THE EXHIBIT FEATURE ANTI-LYNCHING ARTWORK BOTH FROM A 1935 EXHIBIT BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE AND FROM THE U. S. COMMUNIST PARTY.

>> WE HIGHLIGHT THESE TWO DUELING 1935 EXHIBITS AND TRY TO BRING THEM INTO THE SAME SPACE TO SUGGEST THAT THERE WAS A DEBATE OR DIALOGUE AROUND BEST WAYS TO USE ART TO PROTEST LYNCHING.

>> THE EXHIBIT FEATURES ANTI-LYNCHING ARTWORK BY DR. MATTIE LEE JONES.

"REACHING FOR HEAVEN," PARTS I AND II, DEMONSTRATE HOW THE LIFE OF A HUMAN BEING AND THE LIFE OF A TREE ARE VERY CLOSELY CONNECTED.

>> YOU CUT THE ROOTS OF ONE THE EFFECTS ARE FELT AND SEEN THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS OF HUMANITY OR FORESTRY.

>> MARION, INDIANA IS HOME TO THE INFAMOUS LYNCHING OF THOMAS SHIPP AND ABRAM SMITH.

THE EXHIBIT FEATURES A PHOTOGRAPH FROM THAT EVENT; EVEN THOUGH EVERY WITNESS IN THE PHOTO IS IDENTIFIABLE, NO ONE WAS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF THE TWO MEN.

>> YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE HOW TERRIFYING THAT IS WHEN OTHERS HAVE THAT MUCH POWER OVER YOUR LIFE, WHETHER YOU LIVE OR DIE, WHETHER YOU SEE ONE MORE SUNRISE OR NOT.

ALL BECAUSE OF HOW THEY MAY FEEL.

WHEN THEY WAKE UP, DO THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND TERRORIZE, FALSELY ACCUSE SOMEONE, START A RIOT.

>> THE EXHIBIT INCLUDES VARIOUS OTHER PIECES OF ARTWORK THAT AIM TO MEMORIALIZE THE VICTIMS AND DEPICT THOSE LEFT BEHIND.

THERE ARE SIX ORIGINAL PIECES OF ARTWORK, ALONG WITH DIGITAL REPRINTS AND LITHOGRAPHS.

>> I SEE MYSELF IN ALL THESE IMAGES AND ALL THESE FACES.

ALL THESE DECEASED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MET THEIR DEMISE AND WAYS UNFATHOMABLE, UNCONSCIONABLE, TORTURED, BURNED ALIVE.

>> THE EXHIBIT ALSO FEATURES FIVE BRONZE CASTS THAT DEPICT BLACK LIFE IN THE MIDST OF LYNCHINGS.

>> SO YOU'RE CONSTANTLY DEPENDING ON THE SLAVE OWNER, THE LAND OWNER, TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU COULD EASILY GET FOR YOURSELF, IF YOU COULD JUST BREAK FREE FROM THE TENTACLES THAT HOLD US BACK AND HOLD US CAPTIVE.

>> THE MUSEUM IS ATTACHED TO A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS SEGREGATED FROM THE 1920S TO THE 1950S.

LICHTENSTEIN SAYS HE WANTS TO CENTER THE EXHIBITION IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

>> WE'RE AT A MOMENT HISTORICALLY WHERE THERE'S A BATTLE OVER HISTORY AND MEMORY, WHERE THERE ARE SOME FORCES WHO ARE TRYING TO SAY NO, YOU CAN'T OR SHOULDN'T TEACH THAT KIND OF AMERICAN PAST.

IT'S TOO TRAUMATIC.

IT'S TOO DIFFICULT, IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BAD.

>> LICHTENSTEIN WANTS TO GIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THIS HISTORY.

>> THIS IS A HISTORY WE MUST LOOK IN THE FACE, WE MUST CONFRONT, WE MUST REMEMBER SO THE PLACE TO START THAT IS WITH YOUTH.

>> THE EXHIBIT IS SEVEN YEARS IN THE MAKING.

IT COST $60,000 TO PUT THE EXHIBIT TOGETHER.

LICHTENSTEIN PLANS TO SPEND ANOTHER $60,000 TO MAKE IT MORE PORTABLE.

THE EXHIBIT WILL SHOW IN SOUTH BEND, NEW ALBANY AND AT AMERICA'S BLACK HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN MILWAUKEE.

LICHTENSTEIN HAS APPLIED FOR A GRANT TO TAKE THE EXHIBIT TO SOUTH AFRICA AND GERMANY AS WELL.

>> IT'S A SIGN OF ENCOURAGEMENT, A SIGN OF PROMISE, A SIGN OF GROWTH, A SIGN OF OVERCOMING, AND A SIGN WHERE WE CAN LOOK BACK AND SEE HOW MUCH PROGRESS WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE, AND ALSO SEE FORWARD HOW MUCH MORE PROGRESS THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.

>> FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M ISABELLA VESPERINI.

>> THE EXHIBIT RUNS THROUGH MARCH 1ST.

PEOPLE CAN VISIT BY APPOINTMENT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 10 A. M. TO 6 P. M. AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10 A. M. TO 3 P. M. ADMISSION IS $9.

>>> INDIANA FOOTBALL COACH TOM ALLEN HAS NEVER BEEN A FAN OF COLLEGES PLAYING GAMES ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.

BUT THAT'S THE SITUATION THE HOOSIERS WILL BE IN TONIGHT WHEN THEY HOST INDIANA STATE.

ALLEN, A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL COACH, SAYS FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE OFF LIMITS FOR COLLEGE GAMES.

>> WE CAN'T HAVE ANY RECRUITS AT THE GAME, THEY'RE ALL PLAYING, YOU KNOW, AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ALL AT THEIR SON'S GAMES, WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.

>> HAVING INDIANA STATE IN TOWN WILL BE SPECIAL, THOUGH.

THE SYCAMORES ARE COACHED BY CURT MALLORY, THE SON OF FORMER I-U HEAD COACH BILL MALLORY.

ALLEN EXPECTS SEVERAL PLAYERS FROM THE MALLORY ERA TO BE ON HAND FOR THE GAME.

>> AND ELLIE IS GOING TO BE BACK AS WELL.

SO THEY WERE --SHE WAS JOKINGLY SAYING, TO KNOW WHAT COLORS TO WEAR AND, AND OBVIOUSLY, SHE NEEDS TO WEAR BLUE TO SUPPORT HER SONS.

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.

SOME THE HOOSIERS ARE LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM LAST WEEK'S LOSS TO OHIO STATE.

TONIGHT'S GAME KICKS OFF AT AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.

THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT WTIU NEWS DOT ORG.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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