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Every child deserves to grow up in a safe and supportive home without harm, neglect or abuse. The scars of physical or emotional trauma can last a lifetime.
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In some cases, abuse is so severe, it can end in a tragic loss. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an average of five children die every day nationwide from child abuse. In Indiana, 281 children died from child abuse in 2020, according to a study from the Indiana Department of Child Services. Last October, 4-year-old Judah Morgan, of LaPorte County, died from blunt force trauma after alleged child abuse, according to court records. In response, state legislators passed a new law to expand the state’s reporting on child deaths, which could help children in need sooner and prevent tragedies. House Enrolled Act 1247 will help collect more data that can be used by DCS, and state and local officials to better identify risk factors and develop stronger policies to protect Indiana’s most vulnerable. |
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The goal is to learn from these tragedies, intervene sooner, increase public awareness and draft better laws to protect these children.The National Child Abuse Coalition estimates at least 1 in 7 children have experienced child abuse or neglect in the past year. The Indiana Department of Child Services says it receives around 15,000 phone calls every month to report suspected child abuse or neglect in our state. If you suspect abuse, it must be reported to the state’s Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline at 1-800-800-5556. Reports can be made anonymously 24/7. |
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Preventing Child Abuse In Indiana
Attorney General Defends Rule Of Law With Supreme Court Action
Attorney General Todd Rokita today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to sustain the nation’s “Remain in Mexico†policy as a means of protecting states from the tidal wave of illegal immigrants flooding over the nation’s southern border.
He is leading a 19-state coalition fighting the Biden administration’s unlawful efforts to provide illegal immigrants free and easy entry into the United States.
“As I witnessed firsthand on behalf of all Hoosiers, we pay an enormous price for the Biden administration’s complete disregard of their duties at the southern border,†Attorney General Rokita said. “No one is above the law in America, and we are simply insisting that the Biden administration follow the law.â€
On behalf of Hoosiers, Attorney General Rokita has traveled to the border twice during his administration to assess conditions and discuss policies with leaders from other states.
“The rule of law is the framework that enables American liberty to survive and thrive,†Attorney General Rokita said. “The situation at our southern border provides the perfect example of how going soft on the rule of law gives rise to anarchy, chaos, and ultimately the erosion of our freedom and safety.â€
The Remain in Mexico rule — formally titled the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) — requires that immigrants without clear authorization to cross the southern border into the United States be required either to be detained or remain in Mexico while their cases are examined.
Implemented under President Donald Trump in January 2019, the rule successfully stemmed the tide of illegal immigrants pouring into the United States until the Biden administration illegally suspended the policy in January 2021.
From January 2019 through December 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) returned over 68,000 aliens to Mexico as part of MPP.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, DHS primarily used the public-health rule known as Title 42 (rather than MPP) to expel 102,234 aliens in 2020 and 111,174 in the beginning of 2021.
In January 2021, President Joe Biden illegally directed the DHS to ignore MPP. After MPP was suspended under Biden, border encounters surged from around 78,000 in January 2021 to about 178,000 in April 2021 and then to nearly 214,000 in July 2021.
In the last year, the federal government has released unprecedented numbers of aliens into the states — approximately 758,000 between January 2021 and February 2022.
Federal agencies are legally required to properly consider the consequences of their actions on states and their citizens before making policy changes. That consideration did not occur before DHS threw open the southern border to new hordes of illegal immigrants.
“The individual states and our taxpayers are the ones footing the bill for social services like health care, education and other government assistance for illegal immigrants,†Attorney General Rokita said. “The lawless crisis at the border makes every state a border state. We are the ones endangered by the rapid escalation of human trafficking, fentanyl, and other drugs and criminals sent by cartels to our communities.â€
Former President Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy was designed to achieve greater compliance with longstanding immigration laws passed by Congress.
Those laws require that immigrants not clearly authorized to cross the Mexican border into the U.S. be either 1) detained, 2) required to stay in Mexico or 3) “paroled†into the United States based on narrowly defined case-by-case circumstances featuring “urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.â€
The federal government has no authority, however, to simply issue paroles en masse to permit illegal immigrants to reside in the United States.
U.S. district and appeals courts already ruled that MPP must be reinstated until the Biden administration follows proper legal procedures to change it, including consideration of alternative policies and the impact on states.
Attorney General Rokita last year led a successful multistate brief supporting the conclusion eventually reached by the appellate court. He and the other attorneys general are now asking the Supreme Court to uphold the earlier decisions.
Jada Burton Running For District 77 House Seat Currently Held By Democrat Ryan Hatfield)
JADA BURTON HOSTING A “COFFEE WITH YOUR CANDIDATE†EVENTÂ
April16, 2022
(Evansville, IN) Jada Burton, the candidate for Indiana’s 77th House District, is holding “Coffee With Your Candidate†at River City Coffee + Goods on Sunday, April 10 from 2 pm to 3 pm. This event is open to the public and will give voters a chance to meet, pose questions, and voice concerns to Burton.
Burton is a graduate of Bosse High School. Currently, she is a psychology student at the University of Southern Indiana. Burton was motivated to run for office because of her passion for helping others and wants to give local Hoosiers a fresh, inviting individual to best represent their voice.
One of the key issues for Burton’s campaign is tackling high prices from Centerpoint Energy. Energy prices in Vanderburgh County have risen dramatically in recent years, which Burton attributes to Centerpoint’s state-granted monopoly.
Burton’s candidacy as a Libertarian comes in the wake of Donald Rainwater’s (L) unprecedented run for governor in 2020, who placed second in more than one-third of Indiana counties.
To learn more about Jada Burton’s campaign, or how to support her, please visit https://www.jadaburton.com/
EPA Publishes 29th Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
WASHINGTON (April 14, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 29th annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), which presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2020. Net U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 5,222.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2020, a nearly 11% decrease in emissions from 2019. The sharp decline in emissions from 2019 to 2020 is largely due to the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on travel and economic activity. However, the decline also reflects the combined impacts of several factors, including population trends, energy market trends, technological changes including energy efficiency improvements, and the carbon intensity of energy fuel choices.Â
“The annual Inventory reflects EPA’s ongoing commitment to strengthening the data that inform all of our actions on climate change†said Joseph Goffman, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. “Each year, EPA follows a rigorous and open process to engage with researchers, federal partners and stakeholders and incorporate new information, resulting in a national Inventory that is unsurpassed in scope and quality.â€Â Â
For this latest release, EPA has made several important improvements. For example, EPA has added estimates for two important sources of methane: emissions from post-meter uses of natural gas, which includes leak emissions from residential and commercial appliances, industrial facilities and power plants, and natural gas fueled vehicles; and emissions from flooded lands such as hydroelectric and agricultural reservoirs. Additionally, the EPA worked with researchers to include estimates of methane emissions from large anomalous leak events, such as well blow-outs. Â
The GHG Inventory covers seven key greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, and nitrogen trifluoride. In addition to tracking U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, the Inventory also calculates carbon dioxide that is removed from the atmosphere through the uptake of carbon in forests and other vegetation. 
This impartial, policy neutral report has been compiled annually since 1993 and submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The report is prepared by EPA in collaboration with numerous experts from other federal agencies, state government authorities, research and academic institutions, and industry associations. Under the UNFCCC, national inventories for UNFCCC Annex I parties should be provided to the UNFCCC Secretariat each year by April 15.Â
In an effort to engage the public and researchers across the country, EPA conducts an annual public review and comment process for this document. The document was made available on the EPA Greenhouse Gas Emissions website and announced via Federal Register Notice for 30 days. Comments received after the closure of the public comment period are accepted and considered for the next edition of this annual report. Public review of this year’s report occurred from February 15 to March 17, 2022, and comments received are posted to the docket EPAHQ-OAR-2022-0001. Responses to comments will be posted to EPA’s website within 2-4 weeks following publication of this report.Â
EVSC Names Austin Brooks New Reitz Head Basketball Coach
The EVSC Board of School Trustees approved the appointment of Austin Brooks as the new boy’s varsity basketball coach at Reitz High School.
After a successful high school career as a local student-athlete, Brooks attended Ancilla College in Donaldson, Indiana where he holds the top records for field goals, free throws, and assists made while a member of the basketball team. From there, Brooks attended Southern Illinois University of Carbondale (SIUC) under the leadership of head coach Matt Painter and Chris Lowery and head assistant coach Rodney Watson until his graduation in May 2008. While at SIUC, Brooks’ team advanced to the NCAA tournament consecutively for three years.
For the last 14 years, Brooks has coached high school basketball at McCluer South Berkeley High School in St. Louis, Missouri, and Evansville Day School where he led the team to their second sectional championship in school history. He also spent the last three years as coach at Boonville High School where, under this leadership, they advanced to the sectional championship game for the first time in over ten years.
“Austin Brooks is an energetic and engaging coach who comes highly recommended. He also has the passion, knowledge, and energy to continue to build upon the remarkable success within the Reitz basketball program,†said Dr. Andy Owen, EVSC Director Of Athletics.
In addition to serving as the head basketball coach, Brooks also will teach at Reitz.
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Aces welcome Missouri State to Cooper Stadium
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A Friday and Saturday Missouri Valley Conference series is on the docket for the University of Evansville softball team when the Purple Aces face Missouri State in a 3-game set at Cooper Stadium. Friday’s doubleheader opens the weekend at noon with Saturday’s finale set for a 12 p.m. start; all three games will be on ESPN3.
 Last Time Out
– UE dropped three contests last weekend in its series at Illinois State
– The first and final games of the weekend saw the Redbirds win in walk-off fashion, both by final scores of 3-2
– Game two on Saturday saw ISU take a 9-0 victory
– Marah Wood belted her team-leading fifth home run of the season in Saturday’s opener at ISU
– Mackenzie McFeron had one of the top offensive games in her career in the finale, going 3-4 in her first collegiate 3-hit game
Raising Her Level
– Through the opening 12 games of the MVC slate, senior Mackenzie McFeron leads the team with a .379 batting average and carries a 5-game hitting streak
– Her efforts in conference have seen her season average rise to .302
– She had the first 3-hit game of her career in the April 10 finale at Illinois State
– McFeron has 11 RBI in her career with eight of them coming in 2022
– She connected on one of the biggest hits of the season, hitting the game-tying double in the 7th inning of the opener at Loyola
– Four of those RBI came in the doubleheader sweep over Drake in March
– In game one, her triple in the sixth inning proved to be the game-winner in a 5-3 UE win that evened the weekend series
– McFeron did even better in the finale, belting a base-clearing walk-off double to seal a 12-3 victory and a series win
Still Going Strong
– Picking up a hit in all three games at Illinois State, Alyssa Barela improved her average to .333 in MVC play while adding two home runs and seven RBI in 12 games
– That is a huge disparity from her non-conference numbers, which saw her bat .176 with one homer and five RBI in 21 appearances
– Barela hit a game-tying single at Illinois State on April 10, which followed up a successful trip to Loyola in the weekend prior where she had a 2-3 effort in game two with a home run, double and three RBI
– With one out and two runners on in the bottom of the 9th on March 27, Barela belted a 3-run walk-off home run to give the Aces a 6-3 win over UNI
– She entered the March 4 home opener with four hits in her first 30 at-bats of the season before rebounding to hit .444 in the opening four home contests
Home Run Threat
– For the fifth time this season and first time in Valley play, Marah Wood hit a home run in the opener at Illinois State
– While her consistency has seen her record a hit in 17 of her last 23 games, she looks to make the jump on her power numbers, which have seen her register one homer and three RBI
– For the season, Wood is batting .270 with five homers and 19 RBI and is tied for third in the MVC with 10 doubles while her five homers is tied for 8th
