THE MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REMAIN AT ODDS OVER WHERE TO PUT A NEW JAIL.

BUT THE IMPENDING THREAT OF ANOTHER LAWSUIT BY THE A-C-L-U COULD FORCE THEIR HAND.

AS PRICES AT THE GROCERY STORE CONTINUE TO RISE, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO GROW THEIR OWN GARDENS AND RAISE THEIR OWN CHICKENS TO SAVE MONEY.

AND WE VISIT WITH A BROWN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO'S COMPETING IN A NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION.

WE'LL HAVE THESE STORIES AND MORE, COMING UP ON INDIANA NEWSDESK.

>> INDIANA NEWSDESK IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... WELCOME TO INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M JOE HREN.

THE MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL AGAIN DENIED A REQUEST BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON THAT WOULD BE USED FOR A NEW JAIL.

AS ETHAN SANDWEISS REPORTS, WITH A DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING, IF THE COUNTY CAN'T SHOW PROGRESS ON A NEW JAIL, IT COULD FACE ANOTHER LAWSUIT FROM THE ACLU.

>> THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL TO PASS ON ITS FIRST READING.

IT FAILED FIVE TO ONE, WHICH MEANS COUNCIL WILL VOTE AGAIN ON MAY 26.

AND A 17-YEAR SAGA CONTINUES.

MONROE COUNTY IS BOUND BY A 2009 ACLU SETTLEMENT TO IMPROVE JAIL CONDITIONS.

>> EVERY MINUTE, EVERY DAY, EVERY HOUR THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THAT FACILITY, BUT NOT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM SEES EXCEPT FOR ME AND MY STAFF.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

I'M TELLING YOU IT'S GETTING WORSE.

>> OFFICIALS AGREE THE OLD JAIL IS BEYOND REPAIR AND A NEW ONE MUST BE BUILT, BUT COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSIONERS DISAGREE VEHEMENTLY ON THE SITE.

COUNCILORS REJECTED THE NORTH PARK LOCATION LAST YEAR, CRITICIZING THE PRICE AND DISTANCE FROM BLOOMINGTON SERVICES.

BUT COMMISSIONERS SAY IT'S THE ONLY SHOVEL-READY SITE FOR WHICH PLANS EXIST, AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

>> THIS ISN'T A RISK OR COST THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT WHEN A GOOD SOLUTION EXISTS.

IF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT ISN'T APPROVED, THE PRIVATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WILL END, AND WE ARE SUBJECT TO BEING SUED.

>> THE ACLU OF INDIANA SAYS ANOTHER LAWSUIT IS POSSIBLE IF THE COUNTY CAN'T MEET ITS MAY 29 DEADLINE.

A JUDGE COULD FORCE THE COUNTY TO REMEDIATE THE SITUATION BY EITHER INSTALLING EXPENSIVE UPGRADES TO THE CURRENT FACILITY OR MOVING FORWARD ON NORTH PARK.

MADEIRA SAYS THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY LOCAL CONTROL AND FORCE THE COUNTY TO PAY LEGAL FEES, RESULTING IN AN EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE OUTCOME.

BUT SOME COUNCILORS OBJECT TO THE RUSH AND FELT THE COMMISSIONERS COULD HAVE ENGAGED THEM MORE AFTER THEY VOTED DOWN NORTH PARK FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST FALL.

>> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE REALLY WERE TRULY ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD, THAT AFTER THAT MOMENT WE COULD HAVE ALL SAT DOWN AND WE COULD HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, AND THAT'S WHY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FEEL THAT THIS IS JUST A BIG RUSH.

>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DID SPEAK, AND MOST URGED THE COUNCIL TO VOTE DOWN NORTH PARK.

>> I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS HOUSE, OUR NEIGHBORS BEING MY FOREVER HOME.

BUT IF THIS HAPPENED, I KNOW MY FAMILY, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS, WERE JUST MOVING.

>> BUT ONE MAN WHO SAYS HE WORKED AT THE JUSTICE CENTER SAID IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE LAWSUIT, HE WORRIES THE COUNTY WOULD DO NOTHING.

>> I IMPLORE YOU TO DO THE CARING THING, STOP DELAYING, STOP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, APPROVE THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

>> NEARBY VIGO COUNTY ALSO FACED AN ACLU LAWSUIT OVER JAIL CONDITIONS IN 2019.

IT OPENED A NEW FACILITY WITHIN THREE YEARS.

THAT'S HOW LONG SHERIFF MARTÉ HAS BEEN IN OFFICE, AND HE SAYS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

>> IT'S NOT ABOUT NORTH PARK.

IF YOU COULD SAY TOMORROW MORNING, I HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION THAT WE COULD MOVE RIGHT NOW, I MEAN RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE PLACE I WANT TO GO TO.

IN OTHER WORDS, I WANT TO GO TO A PLACE IS THE FASTEST.

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

>> COMMISSIONERS ALSO LOOKED AT PROPERTY AT THE OLD THOMPSON SITE OFF SOUTH ROGERS STREET AND LAND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FULLERTON PIKE AND I-69 BEFORE SETTLING ON NORTH PARK.

>>> WITH RISING FOOD COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE ECONOMY, MORE PEOPLE ARE INVESTING IN PLANTING THEIR OWN GARDENS AND RAISING CHICKENS TO SAVE MONEY.

ISABELLA VESPERINI VISITED A LOCAL WOMAN HAS MORE ON THIS GROWING TREND.

>> STACEY WISEMAN HAS A FARM ON THE EDGE OF TOWN AND HAS BEEN RAISING CHICKENS AND GROWING HER OWN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR YEARS.

>> WE GREW CELERY.

WE HAVE AN ASPARAGUS PATCH.

WE HAVE STRAWBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES, WE HAVE APPLE TREES, RASPBERRIES.

>> GROWING ALL THIS FOOD ALLOWS HER TO SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AT THE GROCERY STORE.

>> DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY JUST PURCHASING MILK, BREAD, MORE OF THE STAPLE FOODS.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY REWARDING FOR ME WHEN WE CAN SIT DOWN TO A MEAL AND WE'VE RAISED THE CHICKEN, WE'VE GROWN THE VEGETABLES LIKE WE DIDN'T PURCHASE ANY OF THAT FOOD.

>> WISEMAN HAS A LOT OF LEFTOVER FOOD FROM THE GARDEN THAT SHE PRESERVES,TOO.

>> WE'LL CAN A LOT OF OUR OWN TOMATOES.

AND THEN WE FREEZE THINGS AS WELL.

SO WE FREEZE SPINACH, WE FREEZE KALE, COLLARD GREENS, ANYTHING REALLY THAT THAT WE CAN PRESERVE.

WE'RE STILL EATING CABBAGE FROM LAST YEAR.

>> IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS,FOOD PRICES HAVE INCREASED 19 PERCENT.

THIS YEAR, THE COST OF FOOD IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ANOTHER THREE PERCENT.

THAT'S WHY EXPERTS SAY MORE PEOPLE ARE PLANNING TO GROW VEGETABLES IN THEIR BACKYARDS.

>> THOSE ARE VERY, VERY EASY, ESPECIALLY FOR AN APARTMENT OWNER, TO GROW EVEN ON YOUR WINDOW SEAL.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD OFFERING, AND REALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN EASILY USE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE JUST COOKING AT HOME.

>> ACCORDING TO POTTS, ONE IN FIVE TRACTOR SUPPLY CUSTOMERS IN INDIANA ARE RAISING CHICKENS AT HOME.

AND THAT NUMBER IS INCREASING.

WISEMAN ORDERS THREE BATCHES OF ABOUT 30 CHICKENS EACH A YEAR.

SHE GETS BETWEEN THREE TO SIX POUNDS OF MEAT OFF EACH CHICKEN, FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 300 POUNDS OF CHICKEN MEAT A YEAR.

>> WE CAN TYPICALLY GET TWO TO THREE MEALS OFF OF A BIRD, DEPENDING ON HOW WE COOK IT.

SO, IF WE COOK IT AND SHRED THE MEAT, THEN WE CAN USUALLY GET THREE MEALS OUT OF IT.

IF WE ROAST IT OR SMOKE IT ON THE GRILL, WE'LL TYPICALLY GET TWO MEALS.

>> WISEMAN IS CONSIDERING PURCHASING DUAL PURPOSE CHICKENS.

IF SHE CAN GET CHICKS FROM HER HEN'S EGGS, THAT ALREADY CUTS THE COST OF PURCHASING THEM FROM A HATCHERY.

THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE TO CONSIDER FEED COSTS.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM, WE CAN HATCH OUR OWN BIRDS, SO THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PASTURE THAT THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT ON.

THEY CAN FORAGE.

SO, THAT'S GOING TO CUT FEED COSTS DOWN, I THINK, FROM A SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT.

DOING A DUAL-PURPOSE BREED CAN REALLY, REALLY HELP LOWER COSTS AND MAKE EVERYTHING MORE SUSTAINABLE.

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

>> TO RAISE CHICKENS WITHIN >> TO RAISE CHICKENS WITHIN CITY LIMITS, BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE A PERMIT ANNUALLY FROM ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL.

>>> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY AUBREY WRIGHT FOR MORE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE.

>> HEY, JOE.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY IS RESTORING ACCESS TO SEVERAL BIOLOGY LABS THAT WERE LOCKED DOWN DUE TO A U-S-D-A INSPECTION INTO THE LAB OF PROFESSOR ROGER INNES.

IU SAID IT SOLVED THE ISSUE THURSDAY BY BARRICADING THE INNES LAB AND UNLOCKING THE OTHERS.

BUT THE BARRIER STILL BLOCKS ACCESS TO OFFICES, FREEZERS AND EQUIPMENT.

>> BEFORE THEY COME, THEY WANT THE LAB TO IDENTIFY ALL BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS IN THE LAB AND CATEGORIZE THEM BY WHETHER THEY REQUIRE A PERMIT, AND IF SO, PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION.

>> THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INNES LAB HAS DRAWN NATIONAL ATTENTION BECAUSE OF THE PROFESSOR'S PUBLIC DEFENSE OF CHINESE SCIENTISTS PROSECUTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>>> HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS VISIT THE COMMUNITY M-D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS EVERY DAY, AND THEY'RE ALL GREETED BY VOLUNTEERS.

THESE VOLUNTEERS HELP THE CENTER RUN SMOOTHLY.

AND AS AUBREY WRIGHT REPORTS, THEIR PERSONAL BATTLES WITH CANCER HAVE INSPIRED THEM TO GIVE BACK.

>> FOR CANCER CENTER VOLUNTEER PAT CARPENTER, EACH DAY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

HE SAYS VOLUNTEERS ARE THE "GOFERS," THE DOERS AND THE GETTERS OF THE HOSPITAL.

THAT MEANS THEY ESCORT VISITORS, FETCH LAB RESULTS AND PUSH PAPERWORK.

AND THEY COMFORT PEOPLE DURING TOUGH TIMES.

>> WE TRY TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD OF, NOT ONLY THE HOSPITAL AND STAFF PEOPLE HERE, BUT WE TRY TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD, PICK UP SOME OF THAT EMOTIONAL LOAD OF THE PATIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES.

>> SOME PATIENTS STOP BY FOR QUICK EXAMS, AND OTHERS COME IN FOR WEEKS FOR RADIATION OR CHEMOTHERAPY.

CARPENTER IS ALSO ONE OF THOSE PATIENTS.

AT 86-YEARS-OLD, HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN TWO DIFFERENT LUNGS.

>> THE BIG WORD, C WORD, YOU KNOW, IT SCARES US ALL TO DEATH, IS THERE.

IT REALLY ISN'T THE END.

THERE IS HOPE.

>> VOLUNTEER BECKY HORN FINDS HERSELF TELLING HER STORY TO PATIENTS.

SHE SURVIVED BREAST CANCER.

AND SO FAR, SHE SAYS, IT HASN'T RETURNED.

>> I TELL THEM, HEY, IF I HADN'T HAD MY MAMMOGRAM, I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN I HAD CANCER, BECAUSE THE DOCTOR, MY ONCOLOGIST, TOLD ME IT WAS SO DEEP, I NEVER WOULD HAVE FELT IT.

>> BUT IT WASN'T HER OWN DIAGNOSIS THAT INSPIRED HER TO VOLUNTEER.

IT WAS HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S.

>> BECAUSE SHE HAD TO HAVE RADIATION.

SHE HAD TO HAVE CHEMO.

SHE LOST HER HAIR, YOU KNOW.

AND SO GOING THROUGH ALL THAT, I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO GO WORK THERE, THAT WAY I CAN GIVE BACK AND SUPPORT HER ALSO.

>>CARPENTER SAYS HE FEELS LIKE HE'S PART OF A FAMILY AT THE CENTER.

AND AS THE CENTER IS DOUBLING CAPACITY, CARPENTER FEELS LIKE HE'S PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN HIMSELF.

>> TO BE A PART OF THAT BIGGER PICTURE, TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SAY, 'HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M PART OF THAT,' THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

I COULD SIT HOME AND CHIT AND WHITTLE, BUT I REALLY WOULD PREFER TO BE OUT WHERE THERE IS AN INVESTMENT DOWN THE ROAD.

>> HORN FEELS THE SAME WAY.

>> I WAS RETIRED FOR THREE YEARS, AND I JUST THOUGHT, I'VE GOT TO GET UP AND DO SOMETHING, I CAN'T SIT HERE AND WATCH TV, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF MY LIFE.

SO, AND THEN WITH MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, THAT GAVE ME THE PUSH TO GET UP AND COME HERE AND VOLUNTEER, AND IT'S THE BEST THING I'VE EVER DONE.

>> THE CENTER HAS 15 VOLUNTEERS, SEVEN OF WHOM ARE CANCER SURVIVORS.

>>> INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FILINGS SHOW INDIANA HAS NOT BEEN PAID SINCE NOVEMBER FOR HOUSING IMMIGRATION DETAINEES AT THE MIAMI CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

THE STATE AGREED TO A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH U.S.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT TO HOLD UP TO ONE-THOUSAND DETAINEES AT A TIME.

THE REPORTS SHOW D-O-C HAS SPENT 12-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS ON DETAINEES THROUGH MARCH, BUT HAS RECEIVED LESS THAN 5-POINT-1 MILLION.

>>> SEVEN OAKS CLASSICAL SCHOOL WILL BE A FULL MEMBER OF THE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BEGINNING THIS FALL.

THE APPROVAL MEANS SEVEN OAKS WILL BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENTS IN BOYS SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, CROSS COUNTRY, BASKETBALL, WRESTLING AND TRACK AND FIELD.

THE FIREHAWKS HAVE BEEN A PROVISIONAL MEMBER OF THE I-H-S-A-A SINCE JULY OF 2023.

THEY WILL BE IN CLASS 1-A.

>> IN THE PAST, OUR SEASONS HAVE CONCLUDED WITH A REGULAR SEASON CONTEST, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE IS KIND OF ANTICLIMACTIC.

SO NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING TO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO AND, AGAIN, STRIVE TOWARD ALL SEASON LONG.

>> WEAKLEY SAID ABOUT 70 OF THE HIGH SCHOOL'S 110 STUDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ATHLETICS.

>>> THE HOUSE PASSED LEGISLATION ALLOWING FOR YEAR-ROUND SALE OF E-15 FUEL ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THE SALE OF E15, A BLEND OF GASOLINE AND 15 PERCENT ETHANOL, IS USUALLY LIMITED DURING SUMMER MONTHS DUE TO AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS.

AGRICULTURAL INTEREST GROUPS HAVE LONG PUSHED FOR THE YEAR-ROUND SALE OF THE FUEL, ESPECIALLY IN STATES LIKE INDIANA WHERE CORN PRODUCTION IS HIGH.

THE INDIANA FARM BUREAU SAID THE LAW WOULD CREATE AN IMMEDIATE 2.4 BILLION BUSHELS OF NEW CORN DEMAND NATIONALLY.

>>> SOUTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES THAT INCLUDE HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST LAND WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE U.S.

FOREST SERVICE.

THE MONEY COMES FROM THE FOREST SERVICE'S SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS PROGRAM AND ANOTHER PROGRAM AIMED AT MAKING UP FOR REDUCED TAX REVENUES ON FEDERAL LAND.

MONROE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE A LITTLE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BROWN COUNTY IS GETTING ALMOST EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND LAWRENCE COUNTY ALMOST FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO, JOE, IT SEEMS HAVING NATIONAL FOREST LAND IN YOUR COUNTY PAYS OFF IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COMING UP NEXT ON INDIANA NEWSDESK•.

A BROWN COUNTY SENIOR'S PROJECT ON THE GREEN FEATHER MOVEMENT WILL COMPETE IN THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY CONTEST NEXT MONTH.

AND THE NATIONAL CHAMPION INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM IS HONORED ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT HERE ON INDIANA NEWSDESK!

>> I'M EMMA WATSON, I'M A SENIOR, MY MAJOR IS SPORTS MEDIA WITH MULTI-FAMILY TELEVISION PRODUCTION.

THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BEST EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD IN COLLEGE BECAUSE IT WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THERE'S A CLIP OF ME ON THE BROADCAST TRYING TO TELL SOMEBODY TO GET OUT OF IT SHOT.

I OWE A LOT TO THE PEOPLE WITHIN IT.

>> YEAH, WHERE TO START OF ALL THE THINGS.

>> LIKE OPENING A PRESENT.

>> A TEAM HERE ARE JUST INCREDIBLE.

>> THIS IS A CULTURAL MOVEMENT.

>> SO HAPPY.

>> THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.

>> IT FEELS LIKE THE REVOLUTION HAS REALLY BEGUN.

>> WELCOME BACK TO INDIANA NEWSDESK.

>>> ON THIS WEEK'S ASK THE MAYOR, I SPOKE WITH TERRE HAUTE'S BRANDON SAKBUN ABOUT A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN HIS CITY AND THE STATE.

I GOT HIS REACTION TO LAST WEEK'S PRIMARY ELECTION, WHERE THE INDIANA STATE SENATOR REPRESENTING VIGO COUNTY - REPUBLICAN GREG GOODE - WAS ONE OF JUST TO TO SURVIVE PRIMARY CHALLENGES FROM CANDIDATES BACKED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> I KNOW SOME OF OUR STATEWIDE OFFICIALS WERE BRAGGING THAT THIS IS THE PRESIDENT TRUMP EFFECT, BUT I CAUTION THEM AND SAY, WELL, LET'S LOOK IN THE MIRROR HERE AND SAY, WAS THIS A REFERENDUM OF INCUMBENTS IN POWER?

WHAT ARE WE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE OF INDIANA?

WE'RE SEEING ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AROUND THE ASSESSMENTS, AROUND DATA CENTERS, AROUND A FAILURE TO INVEST IN SCHOOLS WITH 100 SCHOOL REFERENDUMS ON THE BALLOT.

YOU PUT IN 13 AND A HALF MILLION, AND A LOT OF THAT ANGER WILL COME TO FRUITION.

A LOT OF FOLKS TALK ABOUT REDISTRICTING, AND STILL THEY TALK ABOUT REDISTRICTING.

WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIVE THE GAS TAX BECAUSE GAS HAS GOTTEN OVER $5 A GALLON.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND AFFORDABILITY.

WE SHOULD BE PASSING PUBLIC POLICIES THAT PREVENT THINGS LIKE ELECTRICITY, WATER AND TAXES, TO AN EXTENT FROM BEING UNAFFORDABLE.

IT IS UNAFFORDABLE TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.

>> WITH GAS PRICES SOARING NATIONALLY, GOVERNOR BRAUN HAS PAUSED TWO STATE TAXES ON GAS.

THEY'LL SAVE HOOSIERS ALMOST SIXTY CENTS A GALLON THIS MONTH, BUT THAT'S MONEY THAT WON'T BE GOING TOWARD FUNDING ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND UPKEEP.

AND THAT'S CONCERNING TO SAKBUN.

>> I DO THINK THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AT THE SENATE LEVEL IS GOING TO HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.

WE DO HAVE A BUDGET SURPLUS, SO MAYBE THERE'S A CONVERSATION TO MOVE THOSE DOLLARS THERE.

THE GOVERNOR IS REACTING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION CAUSED BY THE PRESIDENT'S WAR IN THE COUNTRY OF IRAN.

I UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNOR NEEDS TO REACT FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF.

SO TO BE HONEST, I'M HAPPY HE'S DOING THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ROAD FUNDING ACTIVE AND PAID TO MUNICIPALITIES SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PAVE STREETS.

HOWEVER, THIS IS A NEW SITUATION.

I'M SURE HE'S HARD AT WORK AT IT.

>> AND ... LIKE THE REST OF THE STATE, TERRE HAUTE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP THE BRAIN DRAIN - PEOPLE WHO GROW UP AND GO TO COLLEGE IN INDIANA, BUT LEAVE THE STATE FOR JOBS.

SAKBUN SAYS ITS IMPORTANT FOR THE STATE TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP THEM IN INDIANA LONG TERM - OR LURE THEM BACK.

>> WE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF BRINGING FOLKS TO THIS STATE FOR COLLEGE, BUT WE ALSO DO A VERY POOR JOB AT KEEPING COLLEGE GRADUATES AFTER JUST FIVE YEARS IN THIS BRAIN DRAIN EXODUS.

WE NEED CLEAR PUBLIC POLICIES TO STOP THIS.

WE NEED TO REALLY FIND A WAY TO INVEST, BECAUSE ALL THE SURVEYS SHOW THEY CARE ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF PLACE.

SO INVEST IN QUALITY OF LIFE AND QUALITY OF PLACE THAT'S PARKS, THAT'S HOUSING, THAT'S OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOP, DINE AND DRINK.

INVEST IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUIT COMPANIES WHO, WHEN THEY COME TO INDIANA, THEY MEET WITH OUR UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, AND WE CREATE A PIPELINE FROM THE CLASSROOM TO EMPLOYMENT.

>> YOU CAN LISTEN TO MY ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH MAYOR SAKBUN - AND PAST EPISODES OF ASK THE MAYOR - ON OUR WEBSITE AT W-T-I-U-DOT-ORG.

>>> A BROWN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WILL BE COMPETING AGAINST STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE U.S.

AND INTERNATIONALLY AT THE NATIONAL HISTORY DAY CONTEST NEXT MONTH.

NATALIE FITZGIBBONS HAS MORE ON THE STUDENT'S PROJECT.

>> GENEVIEVE LAGUNA PLACED SECOND IN THE STATE FOR NATIONAL HISTORY DAY, QUALIFYING FOR NATIONALS WITH HER PROJECT ADDRESSING THE GREEN FEATHER MOVEMENT, A STUDENT PROTEST AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY AGAINST MCCARTHYISM.

THIS WILL BE LAGUNA'S SECOND TIME ATTENDING THE NATIONAL CONTEST.

THE FIRST TIME WAS TWO YEARS AGO, BUT SHE DIDN'T PLACE.

>> IT IS SUPER EXCITING BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK TO DC SINCE THAT TIME, AND I LOVE PRESENTING.

I LOVE GETTING TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

SO IT'S JUST EXCITING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS.

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY IS A COMPETITION IN WHICH STUDENTS FROM FOURTH TO 12TH GRADE CHOOSE A TOPIC RELATED TO THE THEME FOR THAT YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S WAS REVOLUTION, REACTION AND REFORM IN HISTORY.

THEN STUDENTS CONDUCT RESEARCH AND PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS IN EITHER A PAPER, EXHIBIT, PERFORMANCE, DOCUMENTARY OR WEBSITE.

THERE IS A REGIONAL CONTEST, A STATE CONTEST AND A NATIONAL CONTEST.

LAGUNA'S PROJECT ON THE GREEN FEATHER MOVEMENT IS A 10-MINUTE VIDEO.

IT CONSISTS OF PHOTOS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS THAT SHE NARRATES.

>> THE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD IS ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED BEDTIME STORIES IN THE WORLD.

>> SO IT BASICALLY COVERED THE CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS MCCARTHYISM?

WHAT WAS THE COLD WAR?

AND THEN WENT INTO THE DETAILS OF THE GREEN FEATHER MOVEMENT, HOW IT STARTED, HOW IT SPREAD.

AND THEN I ENDED WITH THE MODERN DAY IMPACTS.

>> LAGUNA SAYS THE MOVEMENT WAS A STUDENT PROTEST THAT STARTED IN 1954 AT IU.

A WOMAN ON THE INDIANA TEXTBOOK COMMISSION WANTED TO BAN ROBIN HOOD IN STATE TEXTBOOKS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS COMMUNIST BY CELEBRATING THE ROBBING FROM THE RICH AND GIVING TO THE POOR.

>> THIS MOVEMENT STARTED IN PROTEST TO THAT ORIGINALLY, BUT GREW INTO SOMETHING MUCH LARGER, IN AN ANTI MCCARTHY, PRO FREE SPEECH, ANTI BOOK BANNING MOVEMENT THAT WOULD START AT IU AND EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ACROSS THE NATION.

>> LAGUNA'S SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AND NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COORDINATOR EMILY LEWELLEN HAS WORKED WITH LAGUNA FOR A FEW YEARS.

>> GENEVIEVE IS SUPER INDEPENDENT, SO I AM JUST THERE WHEN SHE NEEDS ME.

SO I LOOK OVER HER SCRIPT, AND I GIVE HER FEEDBACK ON HER SCRIPT IF SHE'S STRUGGLING, TRYING TO FIND A CERTAIN TYPE OF RESOURCE, I HELP HER TRY AND NAVIGATE THAT.

>> LEWELLEN SAYS IT'S SPECIAL THAT LAGUNA GETS TO GO TO THE NATIONAL CONTEST TWICE.

SHE SAYS A LOT OF STUDENTS MAKE IT TO NATIONALS ONLY ONCE.

>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

I'M NOT SURPRISED IN THE LEAST, BECAUSE SHE DESERVES IT.

SHE HAD A REALLY QUALITY PROJECT, AND I'M GLAD THE JUDGES SAW THAT WHENEVER SHE WAS AT THE CONTEST.

>> LAGUNA STARTED TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL HISTORY DAY IN THE FIFTH GRADE.

SHE WILL ATTEND HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL TO STUDY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT.

>> DOING THESE PROJECTS FOR SO LONG HAS DEFINITELY INFORMED MY CHOICE TO MAJOR IN HISTORY.

IT'S REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I LOVE RESEARCHING.

>> FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M NATALIE FITZGIBBONS.

>> THE COMPETITION RUNS FROM JUNE FOURTEENTH THROUGH THE EIGHTEENTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.

>>> THE NATIONAL CHAMPION INDIANA FOOTBALL TEAM WAS HONORED IN A CEREMONY ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE ON MONDAY.

PAT BEANE HAS MORE ON THE HOOSIERS' VISIT WITH THE PRESIDENT.

>> THE CREAM AND CRIMSON TOOK OVER THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE MONDAY AS THE HOOSIERS BECAME THE LATEST SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM TO BE HOSTED BY A PRESIDENT.

>> IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO WELCOME THE 2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY HOOSIERS.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THE CEREMONY CAME ALMOST FOUR MONTHS AFTER INDIANA DEFEATED MIAMI IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO WIN ITS FIRST NATIONAL TITLE.

>> I WATCHED THAT GAME.

I WATCHED THESE GUYS, THEY CAN PLAY, THEY CAN PLAY, AND THEY WERE LITTLE UNDERESTIMATED, BUT I JUST SAID, BUT NOT ANYMORE.

THEY'RE NOT UNDERESTIMATED ANYMORE.

THEY WERE INCREDIBLE TALENTS.

>> TRUMP PRAISED HEAD COACH CURT CIGNETTI, WHO TOOK OVER A HISTORICALLY BAD PROGRAM AND IN JUST HIS SECOND YEAR, LED INDIANA TO A SIXTEEN-AND-OH SEASON AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> HE TOOK SOMETHING FROM -- IT'S NOT LIKE HE INHERITED A GREAT PROGRAM.

HE INHERITED SOMETHING THAT WAS LESS THAN GREAT, AND HE MADE IT INTO SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY HAS NEVER BEEN DONE AT THIS LEVEL.

NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

>> CIGNETTI STARTED HIS REMARKS BY RECOGNIZING UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT PAMELA WHITTEN AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SCOTT DOLSON.

HE PRAISED THE TEAM FOR BUYING IN TO WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

>> TO ME, IT'S A SIMPLE MESSAGE, ALL RIGHT, PREPARE THE RIGHT WAY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO A HIGH STANDARD.

AND ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN LIFE.

THE ONLY LIMITATIONS ARE THOSE BETWEEN YOUR EARS.

>> AMONG THE PLAYERS WHO WERE NOT PRESENT BECAUSE OF PRACTICE WITH THEIR NFL TEAMS WERE QUARTERBACK FERNANDO MENDOZA, TRUMP SAID MENDOZA CALLED TO TELL HIM HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY.

>> THE REASON HE'S NOT HERE-- HE WAS SO NICE.

HE CALLED BECAUSE • ACTUALLY, JD, HE'S A BIG FAN OF OURS.

YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SHOW UP.

I'M NOT HAPPY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

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FOR INDIANA NEWSDESK, I'M PAT BEANE.

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