{"id":1244,"date":"2021-10-25T05:01:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T05:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2021-11-05T09:23:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T09:23:39","slug":"local-news-headlines-october-25-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=1244","title":{"rendered":"Local News Headlines: October 25, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Attorney General Todd Rokita and 17-state coalition win apology from national school board group<br><\/strong>Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita today commended a national school board group for backing down from inflammatory language it used to prod the Biden administration into threatening parents\u2019 First Amendment rights. Pledging to continue the fight against the Biden administration\u2019s intimidation tactics, Attorney General Rokita \u2014 who organized a 17-state coalition of similarly concerned colleagues \u2014 said an apology from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) shows that taking a strong stand for liberty produces real results. He thanked the 16 other state attorneys general for their involvement in the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are shining a light on injustices perpetrated against parents of schoolchildren, and it\u2019s making a real difference,\u201d Attorney General Rokita said. \u201cWe will continue to defend the rights of parents to stay closely involved with their children\u2019s education and speak their minds to public school officials.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Oct. 18, Attorney General Rokita&nbsp;composed and sent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTEwMjQuNDc4MjM5MDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2V2ZW50cy5pbi5nb3YvZXZlbnQvYXR0b3JuZXlfZ2VuZXJhbF90b2RkX3Jva2l0YV9sZWFkc18xNy1zdGF0ZV9lZmZvcnRfdG9fcHJvdGVjdF9wYXJlbnRzX2Zyb21fYmlkZW5fYWRtaW5pc3RyYXRpb25zX2ludGltaWRhdGlvbl90YWN0aWNzP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj13aWRnZXQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT13aWRnZXQmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TdGF0ZStvZitJbmRpYW5hIn0.pY0A6p3MhJJXWvPtCrCgQwalJakNfMXoFDuwG86fLYI\/s\/1551258425\/br\/114552372593-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a letter<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 also signed by the 16 other state attorneys general \u2014 to President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. The letter demanded that the Biden administration cease making threats against parents such as those contained in an Oct. 4 memo from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which called for the FBI and other law enforcement to keep a close eye on parents nationwide to address supposed \u201cthreats against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DOJ memo echoed an NSBA letter sent Sept. 29 to the Biden administration lamenting the rise of parents pushing back against divisive ideologies, including critical race theory (CRT). The NSBA letter raised the specter of local protests rising to the level of &#8220;domestic terrorism.\u201d Just four days after Attorney General Rokita and the other attorneys general issued their demands, NSBA leaders confessed in a memo to its members that there was \u201cno justification\u201d for the organization\u2019s incendiary language. But, Attorney General Rokita noted, the Biden administration still has not apologized for its own threats against parents. \u201cMost Hoosier educators are no doubt as appalled as anyone by Joe Biden\u2019s anti-parent bias,\u201d Attorney General Rokita said. \u201cNow is a time for Hoosiers to unite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local community leaders can promote such unity, he added. \u201cIndiana school boards as well as the Indiana Department of Education should denounce the DOJ memo,\u201d Attorney General Rokita said. \u201cSheriffs\u2019 departments and other police agencies should consider declining any DOJ meetings aimed at repressing parental participation. And everyone involved should work together to facilitate free speech by protecting all participants at school board meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, both the NSBA and the Biden administration must take steps to correct their mistakes, Attorney General Rokita said.&nbsp;\u201cParents don\u2019t just have \u2018a\u2019 role in their children\u2019s education,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have the first and primary role. To properly serve our communities, leaders at all levels of government must recognize this basic truth. My own office will be taking further actions to this end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Body found near IUPUI campus<\/strong><br>The body of a partially-nude man was found near the campus of IUPUI, in the woods and along the White River bank, in Indianapolis. The discovery was made on Sunday morning by a mother searching the area for her homeless son, whom she believed to be in the area. An apparent witness to a disturbance the night before stated that he heard screaming and 2 separate vehicles, one believed to be a black sedan with a custom exhaust system. The incident is under investigation and Police are seeking anyone that may have any information on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United Way of Monroe County offers Financial Literacy Class<br><\/strong>The next Bank on Bloomington financial literacy class will be held on Thursday, November 18th from 6-7pm. In this month&#8217;s class, &#8220;Handling Credit &amp; Debt Wisely,&#8221; Lisa Piercefield from Apprisen will teach participants how to handle credit and debt wisely in our financial activities. As usual, you are welcome to come with questions about other topics as well! You will receive the Zoom link after<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc2FIF5eJouzC1nPD0N7F_XkZQ5H2NQuWfzyjty02nXkoDGIQ\/viewform\"> filling out our RSVP form.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This Week in Hoosier History<br><\/strong><em>1892<\/em> &#8211;  \u00a0First Lady Caroline Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison, died of tuberculosis at the White House.\u00a0 A gracious hostess, she also oversaw extensive renovations at the Executive Mansion, including\u00a0new floors, new plumbing, and the installation of electricity.\u00a0 She had also served as the first President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Funeral services were held in Washington and Indianapolis before burial at Crown Hill Cemetery.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Todd Rokita and 17-state coalition win apology from national school board groupIndiana Attorney General Todd Rokita today commended a national school board group for backing down from inflammatory language it used to prod the Biden administration into threatening parents\u2019 First Amendment rights. Pledging to continue the fight against the Biden administration\u2019s intimidation tactics, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=1244\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Local News Headlines: October 25, 2021<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-headlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local News Headlines: October 25, 2021 - Bloomington News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=1244\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Local News Headlines: October 25, 2021 - Bloomington News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Attorney General Todd Rokita and 17-state coalition win apology from national school board groupIndiana Attorney General Todd Rokita today commended a national school board group for backing down from inflammatory language it used to prod the Biden administration into threatening parents\u2019 First Amendment rights. 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