IU Hires Football Coach, Rokita Under Investigation, Literacy Education Grants, Broad Ripple Park Family Center, Seeking Contraception

December 01, 2023

Indiana University hired its new football coach. James Madison University’s Curt Cignetti will succeed Tom Allen, who was fired Sunday after seven seasons. Attorney General Todd Rokita is under investigation again by the Indiana attorney disciplinary commission, weeks after the state Supreme Court publicly reprimanded him. The state Department of Education announced it will grant nearly $15 million to school corporations across the state to support literacy. Indianapolis moved one step closer to the purchase of the Broad Ripple Park Family Center this week. The measure uses Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, to pay for the center, and many in the community are not happy. In states where abortion was restricted following the fall of Roe v. Wade, a growing number of women and men are seeking permanent contraception.

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