>>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," SEYMOUR OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS ARE VOICING THEIR OBJECTIONS TO THE LARGE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES.

>> WHY IS SEYMOUR, INDIANA, A SMALL TOWN IN SOUTHERN INDIANA, WHY IS THERE A NONNATIVE POPULATION NOW, 36%?

>> BUT WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP PROMISING MASS DEPORTATIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES ARE WORRIED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS.

>>> AND THREATS AGAINST THE KINSEY INSTITUTE.

>> WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT I.U.

IS IN FULL TRANSPARENCY THAT THEY ARE NOT USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FUND SOMETHING THAT'S ROOTED IN THIS WICKEDNESS.

>> I.U.

SAYS IT'S FOLLOWING THE LAW AND NO STATE DOLLARS FUND THE INSTITUTE.

>>> AND MIKE BRAUN ISSUED A SLEW OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS AFTER BEING SWORN IN AS INDIANA'S NEW GOVERNOR THIS WEEK.

THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK"!

♪ >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

I'M JOE HREN.

NEW INDIANA GOVERNOR MIKE BRAUN SAYS HE WANTS TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF HOOSIERS TO PURSUE FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT FEAR.

BRAUN WAS SWORN IN MONDAY AS INDIANA'S 52nd GOVERNOR.

IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS BRAUN SAYS STATES LIKE INDIANA SHOULD BE TAKING A BIGGER LEADERSHIP ROLE NATIONALLY.

>> BUILT ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE FEARLESS HARD-WORKING HOOSIERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, TALENTED ENTREPRENEURS, PERSEVERING LEADERS WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH WE WILL BUILD.

>> AMONG BRAUN'S FIRST ACTS AS GOVERNOR WAS TO SIGN A SERIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, THAT BEGIN TO REMAKE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

BRAUN SAYS HE WANTS TO STREAMLINE GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE IT WORKS BETTER FOR HOOSIERS.

THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS INCLUDE PLANS TO ELIMINATE 25% OF STATE REGULATIONS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, ELIMINATE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE JOBS WHEREVER POSSIBLE, AND SHUTTERING THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND OPPORTUNITY OFFICER.

>> WELL, FOR MORE ON THE SLEW OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS BRAUN SIGNED WEDNESDAY, WE'RE JOINED BY INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICAL SENIOR REPORTER CASEY SMITH.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW, CASEY.

SO ONE THING THAT JUMPS OUT IS BRAUN'S DOING AWAY WITH D.E.I.

INITIATIVES THAT HIS PREDECESSOR ERIC HOLCOMB INSTALLED IN 2000.

WHAT HAS BEEN THE REACTION TO THAT?

>> YEAH, SO WHEN HOLCOMB A FEW YEARS BACK, HE ESTABLISHED CHIEF EQUITY INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY OFFICER, AND BRAUN, IN HIS FIRST WEEK, THAT WAS ONE OF THE OFFICES THAT HE SAID HE'S GOING TO CLOSE.

AND THEN IN STATE GOVERNMENT, LIKE YOU SAID, HE'S WANTING TO BRING AN END TO D.E.I.

INITIATIVES, AND POLICIES ACROSS STATE GOVERNMENT.

REPUBLICANS HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

THERE'S BEEN A SWIFT ALL OUT, SAYING THIS HAS MOVED BACKWARDS AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO HELP THE STATE ATTRACT NEW TALENT WHICH IS ONE OF BRAUN'S GOALS.

AND PRETTY MUCH, IT'S BEEN PRETTY WIDELY NEGATIVE FROM DEMOCRATS.

>> YEAH.

SO BRAUN IS ALSO TASKING THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND DASHBOARD TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS IN STATE AGENCIES.

WHAT IS HE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE?

>> YEAH SO AMONG BRAUN'S INITIATIVES, THE NEW GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVES ARE TO MAKE STATE AGENCIES AND STATE EMPLOYEES MORE EFFECTIVE AT OBVIOUSLY A LOWER COST.

SO PART OF THE GOAL OF THAT DASHBOARD IS TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT STATE AGENCIES ARE SPENDING, HOW THEY'RE COMING ALONG WITH DIFFERENT INITIATIVES, WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS THEY ARE MAKING, HOW LONG IT'S TAKING, WITH THE GOAL BEING TO BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO TAXPAYERS WHO ARE FUNDING THOSE STATE AGENCIES AND EMPLOYEES.

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DETAILS EXACTLY AT ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO SHAKE OUT THERE'S SOME TIME BEFORE THAT DASHBOARD HAS TO BE PUT IN PLACE AND BE EFFECTIVE, BUT THE NEW GOVERNOR SAYS HE WANTS THAT TO BE ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE CREATED.

>> YEAH.

SO ANOTHER ORDER REMOVES REQUIREMENTS FOR SOME STATE JOB OPENINGS WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?

>> YEAH, SO I MENTIONED THAT AMONG THE GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVES ARE TO ATTRACT MORE TALENT, AND HE IS THINKING THAT BY TAKING AWAY LARGELY CERTAIN DEGREE OR LICENSING, PROFESSIONAL TYPE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR A LOT OF THOSE STATE JOBS, HE WANTS STATE AGENCIES TO GO THROUGH, LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THE NEW AND CURRENT AND FUTURE JOB OPENINGS TO DETERMINE IF THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE ACTUALLY NECESSARY OR IF THEY ARE IN LINE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT.

AND HE HAS DIRECTED AGENCIES TO REMOVE THOSE REQUIREMENTS OR TWEAK THEM TO MAKE MORE APPLICANTS QUALIFIED SO THAT, AGAIN, IN GOVERNOR BRAUN'S THINKING THERE IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A WIDER TALENT POOL AND FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ABILITIES THAT AREN'T GAINED FROM HIGHER EDUCATION SPACE, LIKE COLLEGE UNIVERSITY RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THOSE FOLKS WILL BE ABLE -- THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET BENEFITS FROM THEM IN STATE GOVERNMENT.

>> OKAY.

REALLY, REALLY QUICK.

I JUST HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT.

IS IT SURPRISING THAT BRAUN ISSUED NINE PRETTY EXPANSIVE INITIATIVES RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE?

>> NOT SO MUCH.

THERE WERE DEFINITELY QUITE A FEW, BUT IF WE LOOK BACK TO PREVIOUS GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR DANIELS FIRST DAY, HE HAD COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EXECUTIVE ORDER.

IT WAS EXPECTED WE WOULD SEE SOME FROM BRAUN, BUT NOT SURPRISING.

>> CASEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON THE SHOW.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU.

>> A POTENTIAL OVERHAUL OF THE STATE'S MEDICAID EXPANSION PROGRAM WOULD INCLUDE CHANGES SUCH AS CAPS ON ENROLLMENT AND LIMITS ON LIFETIME ELIGIBILITY.

THE OVERHAUL OF THE STATE'S HEALTHY INDIANA PLAN WOULD ALSO REINTRODUCE A WORK REQUIREMENT PROPOSAL.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PREVIOUSLY BLOCKED THAT BECAUSE IT COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF COVERAGE.

>> IF THE STATE OF INDIANA WERE TO DROP ITS MEDICAID PASSION OR ANY LIMITS TO THE CURRENT MEDICAID PASSION, SOME PEOPLE BELOW 100% OF FEDERAL POVERTY, THAT MARKETPLACE SOLUTION IS SIMPLY NOT THERE.

>> QUAYLE SAYS A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO LOSE MEDICAID COVERAGE DON'T GO INTO THE FEDERAL MARKETPLACE AND THEY HAVE A SHORT-SIGHTED VIEW.

>>> A CANNABIS LEGALIZATION COALITION, SAYS MOVING INDIANA TO THE FULL ADULT LEGAL USE, ENSURES A REGULATED MARK AND ADDRESSES PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

IT'S THE LATEST PUSH TO GET INDIANA TO JOIN THE MAJORITY OF STATES WITH AT LEAST SOME FORM OF LEGAL CANNABIS.

MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS AND OHIO HAVE ALL LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL AND MEDICAL CANNABIS WHILE KENTUCKY HAS LEGALIZED MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

>> TO BE CLEAR THIS IS NOT ABOUT PROMOTING CANNABIS USE.

IT'S BEEN ADDRESSING THE REALITY OF THE PRESENCE IN OUR SOCIETY WITH THE RESPONSIBLE, CONSERVATIVE SOLUTION THAT UPHOLDS OUR PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, LAW AND ORDER AND THE PROTECTION OF FAMILIES.

>> VANNATTER IS AUTHORING A BILL THIS SESSION THAT WOULD FULLY LEGALIZE CANNABIS FOR ADULT USE AND ESTABLISH A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR ITS SALE.

GOVERNOR MIKE BRAUN SAYS HE'S OPEN TO DISCUSSING MEDICAL CANNABIS.

>>> AND LAST YEAR, THE STATE WARPED INDIANA UNIVERSITY FROM USING STATE MONEY TO FUND OF KINSEY INSTITUTE.

SOME SAY THAT I.U.

IS NOT COMPLYING AND THE UNIVERSITY SHOULD LOSE ALL STATE FUNDING.

>> LORISSA SWEET, CRAIG HAGGARD AND EYE LEASE NIESHALLA ARE ASKING ABOUT FUNDING OF THE 80-YEAR-OLD INSTITUTE ON SEX AND GENDER RESEARCH.

THEY JOINED OTHER CRITICS OF KINSEY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HOSTED BY CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST GROUP PURPLE FOR PARENTS UNITED.

>> THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF ALFRED KINSEY AND THE KINSEY INSTITUTE HAS BEEN MUCH MORE DAMAGING AND RAVAGING TO OUR CULTURE AND OUR CHILDREN, OVER THE DECADES SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

>> I. U.

SAYS IT IS COMPLYING WITH THE LAW PASSED IN 2023 AND THAT THE KINSEY FUND DOESN'T USE ANY STATE FUNDING.

SOME STATE OFFICIALS STILL BELIEVE THE UNIVERSITY ISN'T FOLLOWING THE LAW.

SWEET SAYS SHE WANTS MORE PROOF OF I.U.

'S COMPLIANCE OR THE LEGISLATURE COULD USE THE POWER OF THE PURSE.

>> IF THEY DO NOT, IT IS UP TO THE LEGISLATURE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

>> SWEET IS CONTINUING TO TOUT UNPROVEN CLAIMS ABOUT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE KINSEY INSTITUTE.

IT IS PRESS CONFERENCE, SPEAKERS ALSO FREQUENTLY REFERENCED CONSPIRACY THEORIES SURROUNDING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND NAZIS AND PEDOPHILE NETWORKS.

>> IT WILL BE WHAT IS VIRTUOUS, WHAT IS RIGHT, WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT IS JUST.

>> WHILE SOME IN INDIANAPOLIS ARE SPEAKING OUT AND THREATENING FUNDING, THEIR SUPPORT IN BLOOMINGTON FROM THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND LOCAL LAWMAKERS.

THE KINSEY INSTITUTE BROUGHT IN MILLIONS IN DONATIONS AND PLEDGES AFTER THE LEGISLATURE ELIMINATED STATE SUPPORT.

>> I THINK THEY THOUGHT SOMEHOW THE KINSEY INSTITUTE WOULD COLLAPSE IF THEY TOOK AWAY ALL OF THIS TAX MONEY BUT, IN FACT, IT DIDN'T GET THAT MUCH TAX MONEY.

AND SO NOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO COME AT IT AGAIN.

>> SO FAR, NO ONE HAS OFFICIALLY PROPOSED NEW MEASURES AGAINST I.U.

OR THE KINSEY INSTITUTE.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M AUBREY WRIGHT.

>>> THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT AND LATINO PEOPLE IN SEYMOUR INCREASED BY 174% OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES.

IT'S ACCORDING TO THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE.

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP HAS PLEDGED MASS DEPORTATION FOR IMMIGRANTS.

COMMUNITY ADVOCATES ARE CONCERNED THIS APPROACH WILL VIOLATE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.

>> ATTENDANCE AT SEYMOUR'S CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN UP IN THE LAST YEAR, AFTER RESIDENT BACKLASH TO A PROPOSED IMMIGRATION WELCOME CENTER.

>> ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> [ ROLL CALL ] >> ONLY TWO ATTENDEES SPOKE DURING THE COUNCIL'S MONDAY NIGHT MEETING.

THEY BROUGHT UP THE RESPONSE TO IMMIGRATION.

>> ARE WE STILL OF THE POLICY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BOOK FOR JUST NEVER HAVING A LICENSE.

>> BOB BEATTY JOINED THE CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER, HE LIVED IN SEYMOUR NEARLY ALL OF HIS LIFE.

SEYMOUR'S POPULATION HAS INCREASED BY MORE THAN 5,000 IN THE LAST THREE DECADES, LARGELY DRIVEN BY IMMIGRATION.

THE TOWN'S HISPANIC AND LATINO POPULATION WAS LESS THAN 1% IN 1990.

CENSUS DATA SAYS HISPANIC AND LATINO PEOPLE NOW MAKE UP NEARLY A QUARTER OF RESIDENTS.

STATE REP JIM LUCAS OF SEYMOUR ASKED THEM TO DENY ENROLLMENT TO UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS.

HE SAYS EDUCATING THOSE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LEARNING ENGLISH IS COSTING TAXPAYERS LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND IMPACTING THE PROGRESS OF OTHER STUDENTS.

BEATTY SAYS SEYMOUR WAS NOT EQUIPPED FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE.

>> THE FACT THAT IMMIGRANTS, LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU CHARACTERIZE IT, ARE TAKING UP HOUSING UNITS THAT LOCAL FOLKS HAD TO MOVE OUT OF FOR VARIOUS ISSUES THERE.

SOME OF US ARE COMING TO REALIZE IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE.

>> BEFORE HE JOINED CITY COUNCIL, BEATTY HELPED ADMINISTER A FACEBOOK GROUP THAT HE SAYS IS MEANT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF IMMIGRATION'S EFFECT ON SEYMOUR IN JACKSON COUNTY.

COMMENTERS ON THE SITE SAY BUSINESSES PROFITING FROM CHEAP LABOR ENABLE THE SITUATION.

>> THIS IS A MASSIVE OPERATION THAT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING ORGANICALLY.

WHY IS SEYMOUR, INDIANA, A SMALL TOWN IN SOUTHERN INDIANA, WHY IS THERE NONNATIVE POPULATION NOW 36%?

THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING HERE.

>> HE SAYS FEDERAL POLICY, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND LARGE BUSINESSES ALL PLAY INTO THE INCREASE.

>> IT'S NOT JUST SEYMOUR, INDIANA.

IT'S NOT SOME -- I'VE USED THIS TERM BEFORE, PISSED OFF OLD WHITE GUYS IN SEYMOUR, INDIANA, THAT ARE UPSET OVER THIS.

IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> SEYMOUR CITY COUNCIL AND JACKSON COUNTY COUNCIL PASSED RESOLUTIONS TO IMPLEMENT HARSHER PENALTIES FOR DRIVERS WITHOUT A LICENSE LAST MONTH, WHICH COULD INDICATE SOMEONE IS UNDOCUMENTED.

BUT SEYMOUR'S ATTORNEY HAS CONCERNS ABOUT UNLAWFULLY DETAINING PEOPLE.

>> THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO SOLVE AN ISSUE THAT DON'T INFRINGE UPON THE RIGHTS OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> IN OCTOBER, ROKITA ISSUED THE TOWN A CIVIL LITIGATION DEMAND WITH A QUESTION ON WHETHER SEYMOUR IS A SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITY IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW.

THE TOWN'S CHIEF THE POLICE SAYS IMMIGRATION IS A FEDERAL ISSUE, BUT HIS DEPARTMENT READY L WORKS WITH I.C.E.

>> THEY WOULD RUN OPERATIONS OUT OF OUR UPSTAIRS TRAINING ROOM.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS I.C.E.

AGENTS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING WITH KEY CODES NOT BACK DOOR.

>> STATE LAW PRECLUDES LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM DETAINING SOMEONE JUST FOR NOT HAVING A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

BUT EXPLAINING AND ENFORCING LAWS TO PEOPLE NEW TO THE AREA IS A CHALLENGE.

>> MOST OF OUR INTERACTIONS WITH IMMIGRANTS IS USUALLY DRIVING STUFF.

>> THE DIRECTOR OF SU CASA, A GROUP SUPPORTING HISPANIC AND LATINO PEOPLE IN BARTHOLOMEW AND JACKSON COUNTIES SAYS INCREASED LOOK AT IMMIGRATION.

HE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN SEYMOUR AND GRADUATED FROM BALL STATE.

>> A LOT OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN NERVOUS OR EXPRESSED FEELING UNSAFE OR UNWELCOMED.

AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE AS WELL, IS FEELING A BIT OF CONFUSION OR A BIT OF DISAPPOINTMENT IN WHAT THE -- A NARRATIVE THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED PRETTY LOUDLY.

>> HER ORGANIZATION HELPS PEOPLE CONNECT WITH HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL RESOURCES.

>> THEY ALSO WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO SOCIAL SUPPORTS AND FAITH-BASED SUPPORTS.

>> IT SERVED 1600 HOUSE HOLDS IN 2024, WHICH CACERES SAYS TAKES A HIGH DEGREE OF TRUST.

>> ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE VULNERABLE OR UNDERREPRESENTED IS REALLY HARD WORK AND TAKES A LOT OF TIME, AND CAN BE BROKEN WITH THE SNAP OF A FINGER.

>> SU CASA EXPANDED IN JACKSON COUNTY?

2020.

SHE ADDS LEGAL DOCUMENTATION IS NOT AN EITHER OR DISTINCTION.

PEOPLE CAN BE ON DACA OR APPLYING A GREEN CARD AND PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP CAN TAKE YEARS.

>> IT'S NOT YOU ARE UNDOCUMENTED AND THEN YOU FILL OUT A PAPER AND YOU ARE DOCUMENTED.

THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.

IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED.

IT COSTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

>> PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP HAS 100 DAY ONE EXECUTIVE ORDERS AMOUNTING IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, INCLUDING FOR MIGRANT DETENTION CENTERS AND COMPLETING THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER WALL.

>> PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF THEY SHOULD CONTINUE INVESTING IN THEIR IMMIGRATION JOURNEY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS, WHICH IS HARD.

FOR US, WE STILL KEEP TRUE TO OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION, AND OUR KIND OF FOCUS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M BENTE BOUTHIER.

>>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," A PROGRAM AT I.U.

'S MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW OFFERS FREE SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, ASSAULT OR HARASSMENT.

>>> AND ELLETTSVILLE OFFICIALS ASK FOR A CUT OF THE MONROE COUNTY FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX.

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

>>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

ELLETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAM ELLIS IS SPEAKING OUT AT THE STATE HOUSE THAT WOULD RETURN CERTAIN TAX REVENUE TO THE TOWN.

HOUSE BILL 1080 WOULD ALLOW REVENUE GENERATED IN ELLETTSVILLE FROM THE MONROE COUNTY FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX TO GO BACK TO THE TOWN.

CURRENTLY TAX REVENUE RETURNS TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OR THE COUNTY FOR ECONOMIC EXPANSION PROJECTS.

>> WE'RE GETTING NO VALUE FOR THIS MONEY GOING IN.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN -- THERE'S ALREADY SPECIAL LEGISLATION AS IT'S WRITTEN TO MAKE BLOOMINGTON A STAKEHOLDER.

AND MONROE COUNTY, BUT WHERE IS ANY MENTION OF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY?

>> MONROE COUNTY COMMISSIONER JODY MADEIRA SAYS ELLETTSVILLE DOES NEED HELP WITH ITS TRANSIT ISSUES BUT ARGUES THE COUNTY FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX IS SUPPOSED TO BE NARROWLY FOCUSED ON CERTAIN PROJECTS SUCH AS THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION.

>>> INDIANA UNIVERSITY IS RAISING PAY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH PART-TIME RESEARCH OR TEACHING DUTIES.

THOSE STUDENTS WILL EARN A MINIMUM OF $24,000 A YEAR BUT THAT'S STILL LESS THAN WHAT THE INDIANA GRADUATE WORKERS COALITION WANTS.

THEY ARE CALLING IT A MINUSCULE RACE.

THE UNION IS ASKING FOR AN $11,000 INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT SALARY OF $23,000.

>>> PLAINTIFFS IN THE CASE ACTION LAWSUIT ALLEGING SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE I.U.

MONEY'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM ARE ADDING TIM GARROW AS A DEFENDANT.

HE'S BEEN IN HIS POSITION SINCE 1981, HE'S ACCUSES OF KNOWING ABOUT BUT NOT PREVENTING UNNECESSARY RECTAL EXAMINATIONS ON PLAYERS BY DR. BRAD BOMBA, Sr.

THE AMENDED COMPLAINT SAYS THAT JOHN FLOWERS WHO PLAYED FOR THE HOOSIERS IN 1981-82 SEASON.

>>> THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW HAS OFFERED RESIDENTS HELP FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS SINCE 1989.

HIGHER EDUCATION REPORTER AUBREY WRIGHT EXPLORES THE FREE SERVICE OFFERED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING ASSAULT OR HARASSMENT.

>> BETWEEN CASUAL CONVERSATIONS AND LIGHT-HEARTED SIMULATIONS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY MAURER LAW STUDENTS BRUSHED UP ON A HEAVY TOPIC, WORKING ON CASING INVOLVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING AND HARASSMENT.

STUDENT DIRECTOR GRACE ALVAREZ ROSARIO IS LEADING THE TRAINING FOR THE PROTECTIVE ORDER PROJECT.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>>> SHE KNOWS THE JOB CAN BE TOUGH BUT IT CAN BE REWARDING.

>> HOW CAN SURVIVORS TAKE THIS AWFUL EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'VE LIVED THROUGH THAT NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY CAN, AND JUST TURN IT INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, TURN IT INTO SOMETHING MORE?

>> PROTECTIVE ORDERS ARE CIVIL, NOT CRIMINAL.

ORDERS FROM A JUDGE THAT PREVENT PERPETRATORS FROM CONTACTING OR HARMING A VICTIM.

THEY COULD BE A TEMPORARY RETRAINING ORDER, A NO CONTACT ORDER OR A CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER.

IF A PERPETRATOR VIOLATES AN ORDER, THEY COULD BE ARRESTED.

>> IF OPPOSING COUNSEL CALLS THE OFFICE, DO NOT RESPOND.

>> ONCE A SURVIVOR CONTACTS THE PROTECTIVE ORDER PROJECT, AN EXPERIENCED VOLUNTEER WILL REQUEST INFORMATION BEFORE OFFICIALLY TAKING SOMEONE ON AS A CLIENT.

>> THEY WILL BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS, WRITING DOWN THE INCIDENTS, MAKING SURE WE GET RANDOM STUFF THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT, LIKE BIRTH DATES, ADDRESSES, WITNESS INFORMATION.

>> IF THEIR NEEDS MATCH THE PROJECT SERVICES, SURVIVORS WILL SIGN AGREEMENTS AND LEARN ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS.

WITH THE PROTECTIVE ORDERS PROJECTS, FACULTY AND ATTORNEYS, WORK WITH MAURER LAW STUDENTS.

>> WE USE CERTIFIED LEGAL INTERNS WHO ARE ALLOWED TO GO ACT PRACTICE IN COURT.

>> MARION WILLIAMS HELPS TO MAKE THE PROJECT INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY, A SERVICE THAT BENEFITS STUDENTS AND CLIENTS.

THE PROJECT WORKS WITH MAURER'S CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER CLINIC AND ITS DIRECTOR AMY APPLEGATE.

>> IT'S A NICE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND THERE IS A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS.

>> THERE ARE A FEW WAYS A CASE COULD GO.

CLIENTS MIGHT ATTEND A HEARING WITH A JUDGE, THOUGH SOMETIMES JUDGES WILL GRANT PROTECTIVE ORDERS WITHOUT HEARINGS.

ATTORNEYS COULD SEND A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER OR DO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT ENDS A DISPUTE.

AND EVEN IF THERE'S A CRIMINAL CASE IN THE WORK, VICTIMS CAN SEEK A PROTECTIVE ORDER.

>> THEY COME TO US FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS OR SOMETIMES WE HELP THEM FILE THEIR PROTECTIVE ORDER, AND -- BUT THERE ARE SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE MORE SUITABLE FOR THEM.

>> WITH RESEARCH INTO PSYCHOLOGY AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, APPLEGATE HELPED TO SCREEN THE PROJECT'S POTENTIAL CLIENTS.

IT HELPS VOLUNTEERS KNOW IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE REFERRED TO A VICTIM'S ADVOCATE.

>> THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH MIDDLE WAY HOUSE WITH WHOM WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP OR WE ARE REPRESENTING AN I.U.

STUDENT WITH THE I.U.

OFFICE OF STUDENT ADVOCATES.

>> AND PROTECTIVE ORDER PROJECT VOLUNTEERS GO THROUGH SPECIALIZED TRAINING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER SENSITIVE ISSUES.

WILLIAMS SAYS THE PROJECT'S VOLUNTEERS USE WHAT IS CALLED MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING.

>> TO BUILD THAT RAPPORT WITH THE CLIENT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN TRUST US AND SORT OF UNDO THOSE LAYERS OF -- OF ABUSE OR EMOTIONAL NEGLECT THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

>> SOMETIMES A CASE ISN'T THE RIGHT FIT OR IT'S TOO COMPLEX BUT ALVAREZ ROSARIO SAY THEY WILL DISCUSS OTHER OPTIONS.

>> WE MAKE SURE WE ARE WITH THEM AS MUCH AS THEY ARE WITH US.

>> IN THESE CASES FAMILIES ARE FIGHTING, FRIENDS ARE AGAINST EACH OTHER AND SURVIVORS ARE TRYING TO RECOVER.

IT CAN BE HEAVY EMOTIONALLY BEING BUT ALVAREZ ROSARIO SAID SHE KNEW THE PROTECTIVE ORDER PROJECT WAS RIGHT FOR HER CAREER, BECAUSE OF ITS FOCUS ON EMPOWERING SURVIVORS AND CLIENTS ARE THANKFUL.

>> SHE WAS LIKE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO EMPATHIC BECAUSE EVERYONE THAT I HAVE TALKED TO ABOUT THIS WHY ARE YOU ACTING THIS WAY?

AND YOU JUST HEARD ME OUT AND YOU VALIDATED MY FEELINGS AND YOU HELD MY HAND THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M AUBREY WRIGHT.

>>> AND MONDAY IS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF EVENTS TO HONOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY IS HOLDING THE MARTIN LUTHER KING BREAKFAST AT 9:30.

AND THERE'S AN EVENT AT 6 P.M. AT THE BUSKIRK-CHUMLEY THEATER.

THAT ENDS OUR SHOW FOR TODAY BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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