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The South Central Community Action Program has been awarded a five-year federal grant to continue operating Head Start in Monroe County. The grant comes from the United States Department of Health and Human Services
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The Bloomington Police Department is attempting to identify two suspects in connection with theft and fraudulent use of credit cards. Three credit cards were stolen from a vehicle on the 600 block of North Walnut Street. The theft occurred overnight Sunday. The cards were used that night at three businesses: the west-side Kroger at 500 Liberty Drive and the west-side Speedway and Marathon gas stations located at the corner of West Third Street and Curry Pike. More than $500 has been charged to the cards. BPD asks that anyone who can assist in identifying either suspect contact Detective Rob Shrake at 812-349-3352.
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In a divisive ruling Monday, the Supreme Court has ruled that Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood are not required to supply female employees with birth control. The case stems from the Affordable Care Act mandate that requires insurance plans to supply preventative services, including birth control, to their customers. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood have claimed that the federal mandate violates their religious beliefs. Defense for the businesses comes from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, a federal law which prevents laws that substantially burden a person’s free exercise of their religion without compelling reason. “In this case, the Supreme Court accepted the religious freedom claim of the two companies, concluding that even though the interest in providing women with contraceptives was assumed to be a compelling governmental interest, the government has other ways that it could provide the contraceptive coverage,” said Daniel Conkle, an IU Maurer School law professor. He said the government’s
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iPads will soon be a classroom resource for students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation. The approval of the purchase of iPads was made Tuesday at a school board meeting. The iPads are important to MCCSC based on a corporation technology initiative. “Our 1:1 technology initiative is important because it will provide all students equal access to the advantages available through the use of technology in the learning process,” MCCSC business operations director Tim Thrasher said. iPads are known for their ease of use, which was one of the reasons MCCSC decided they would be the best to purchase. “A broad range of instructional materials can be accessed from a small, light-weight device. Internet access provides the ability to research a broad range of topics,” Thrasher said. He said MCCSC plans to implement rules for how the devices are distributed and returned. The first rule implements the process teachers will follow to safeguard the iPads. The second rule requires parents to pay for it if it’s lost or damaged. “As we continue to develop the technology initiative, we will evaluate whether loss and damage of devices is a significant concern, and we may find there is a need to develop other ways to motivate students to use care in handling the iPads,” Thrasher said. MCCSC wants to maximize its students’ educational experience, which is why they chose the iPads, Thrasher said. “The iPads are another tool among many that our excellent teachers will use in their classrooms every day to help students maximize their educational experience,” Thrasher said.
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and will give the organization more than $3 million. The grant will allow SCCAP to serve more than 250 toddlers in 17 classrooms in Monroe County and 57 Early Head Start participants at Jack’s Defeat Creek Mall in Ellettsville, Ind.
compelling reason was gender equality for women and to provide female employees with contraceptive coverage. In turn, this would enhance women’s health and give them a say in their reproductive health. However, the ruling is limited in scope. While Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood, both closely held companies, can use the RFRA as a defense, McDonald’s or Verizon would not likely attempt the same argument. “The ruling is significant, but not open-ended,” Conkle said. “Basically, what the Supreme Court said is that it is not reaching the issue of whether a publicly traded corporation can exercise religion.” In other words, big corporate players can’t use religion as a defense. “What we’re dealing with is closely held companies, which in many cases are owned by family members,” Conkle said. “They’re not publicly traded. You and I can’t buy shares of Hobby Lobby.” But while corporate giants cannot exercise religion, the case still has a significant implication for profit-making companies. Never before has the Supreme Court ruled that a
profit-making corporation can exercise religion. But it has never ruled on the contrary either. “The Supreme Court says yes it can, at least, in circumstances that indicate you have sincere religious belief that is being practiced and advanced by the corporation.” When Hobby Lobby was originally founded, it included a set of religious principles in its corporate documents. The owners therefore have sincere religious value. To understand how the 5-4 vote will affect people, Kosali Simon, a health policy expert at the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and a research assistant plan to quantify the impact. “One of the outcomes we’re trying to measure is how much does a law that mandates zero co-pay affect use of contraceptives,” she said. “It expands the number of people using any contraceptive, but will it cause people to switch to a more expensive form of contraception because of the zero co-pay?” The other outcome they said they hope to measure is how this provision will affect unattended pregnancy rates and fertility, she said. Doing the research might prove to be difficult. “This is a federal
Opinion editor, Stephen Kroll, weighs in Read his column on page 5. provision,” Simon said. “It would be easier if it were statewide, because we could use another state as a control, but we don’t have that option.” Until Simon’s research can be done to determine the actual impact of the ruling, everyone will be issuing their own opinion. In a blog post titled “The Real Problem with the Hobby Lobby Decision,” Sheila Suess Kennedy, a professor of law and public policy in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis, said the decision is immensely wrongheaded. “We could note that, thanks to the Administration’s willingness to accommodate religious paternalism, the costs of coverage didn’t even come out of the corporate pocket — the insurers paid it. How does that ‘burden’ the corporation?” She wrote. Not everyone is opposed to the Supreme Court ruling. “I support the Hobby Lobby ruling,” Grassroots Conservative Coordinator Robert Hall said. “It’s one small step for freedom and limited government.”
A Bloomfield, Ind., man was arrested early We d n e s d ay morning and Danilo Caceres faces a charge of attempted murder after he drove onto the sidewalk and intentionally struck a pedestrian, according to a press release from the Bloomington Police Department. Danilo Caceres, 27, got into an argument at a bar with his girlfriend and several others. He got into his car and witnesses said he struck his girlfriend’s car, which was parked on the 100 block of South Walnut Street. A 27-year-old male saw Caceres leaving after hitting the car, and he ran toward Caceres’ vehicle. Caceres got out of his car and struck the victim. The victim attempted to walk away after the incident, but Caceres drove onto the sidewalk and ran into the victim with the front bumper of his car. The victim reported he was run over and dragged several feet by Caceres’s car. He was transported to IU Health Bloomington Hospital for further evaluation. Caceres fled the scene in his vehicle and officers pursued. An officer attempted to stop the vehicle on West Third Street, but Caceres did not pull over. Caceres, who was also operating the vehicle while intoxicated, continued driving south on Garrison Chapel Road. The pursuing officer lost sight of the vehicle but noticed it to the side of the road shortly after. Caceres had apparently been unable to round a curve on the road and struck a tree. Caceres was taken into custody shortly after. Caceres faces charges of attempted murder, operating while intoxicated, criminal recklessness, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury, battery by bodily waste on a police officer, battery and resisting law enforcement with a vehicle. Jacob Klopfenstein
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