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BREAKING: Indiana Student Counselor Fired for Condemning School District’s Hidden Transgender Policy
PENDLETON, Ind.—An Indiana school district fired a student counselor Thursday night for confirming and condemning the existence of a secret transgender policy that keeps parents in the dark about their children’s “gender transitions.” Kathy McCord worked as a counselor at Pendleton Heights High School for 25 years before the school board voted unanimously to terminate… -
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Indiana Democrats Can’t Read 2-Page Bill Banning Sexual Content in Grades K-3
You’ll never experience such a profound mixture of astonishment and disappointment until you observe hundreds of protesters converge on a statehouse to vehemently protest legislation they haven’t read. Indiana state lawmakers on Monday advanced a two-page bill that, similar to a new Florida law, would ban schools from incorporating lessons or themes with sexual content… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Indiana Lawmakers Fight Back Against Schools’ Hidden Transgender Policies
At least four school districts in Indiana have flooded their communities with controversy in the past year by pushing radical transgender agendas. Now, state lawmakers are fighting back to clearly outline and protect parental rights. Indiana state Rep. Jake Teshka and state Sen. Jeff Raatz, both Republicans, have introduced two bills that would forbid any… -
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Indiana Teacher ‘No Longer Employed’ After Sexually Charged Messages Unearthed
Following an exposé from The Daily Signal about sexually charged text messages sent to a high school student, Indiana teacher Ben Yoder is no longer employed by Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate School, according to the Hamilton Southeastern Schools district. Yoder, a 37-year-old teacher and LGBTQ+ advocate, taught at the school in Fishers, Indiana, for 11 years… -
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Screenshot Shows Sexually Charged Messages From Indiana Teacher to Current Student
A middle school orchestra teacher at Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate School in Fishers, Indiana, appears to have sent sexually suggestive private Instagram messages last summer to a student currently at Hamilton Southeastern High School. A concerned parent sent a screenshot that he claims shows an Instagram private message conversation between a Hamilton Southeastern Schools student and… -
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Indiana School Places Counselor Who Leaked Secret Transgender Policy on Leave
Following the exposure of a hidden “Gender Support Plan” and policy to conceal student transgender procedures from parents, the whistleblower, counselor Kathy McCord, has been placed on immediate and indefinite leave, and could be facing termination. McCord, a counselor at Pendleton Heights High School in the South Madison Community School Corporation in Indiana, confirmed documents… -
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Indiana School Board, Superintendent Refuse to Explain Secret Transgender Policy to Parents
The school board and superintendent of an Indiana school district refused to comment Monday on a recently uncovered transgender policy for students that keeps parents in the dark, nearly two weeks after a public meeting at which parents demanded that officials explain why they're hiding information. Concerned parents in Pendleton, Indiana, flocked to the Dec…. -
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‘What Else Are They Willing to Lie About?’: Indiana School Compels Staff to Hide ‘Gender Support Plans’ From Parents
An email unearthed by parents at an Indiana high school has revealed a districtwide support plan for students undergoing gender transition and a policy to withhold and hide information from students’ parents. An Aug. 16 email sent by a counselor at Pendleton Heights High School in Pendleton, Indiana, informed teachers that a student had changed… -
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As Indiana’s Abortion Ban Takes Effect, Court Battle for Life Underway in Ohio
Hours after legislation went into effect in Indiana protecting nearly all unborn babies, a county judge temporarily blocked a heartbeat law in neighboring Ohio. On Thursday, Indiana’s abortion ban went into effect, prohibiting abortion except in cases of rape or incest, or to save the life or health of the mother. The Indiana General Assembly passed the… -
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Indiana Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto of Ban on Biological Males in Girls Sports
Indiana on Tuesday became the 17th state to bar transgender females—biological males—from competing in girls K-12 sports when the Legislature overrode Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of the ban. Lawmakers in the Indiana General Assembly needed only simple majorities to override Holcomb’s March 21 veto, but the House voted to override it 67-28, and the state Senate did likewise 32-15. The… -
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Indiana Parents’ Rights Over Their Child’s Education Are Threatened. Here’s What Parents Around the Country Need to Know.
Parents and voters are taking every opportunity to reject racially biased teaching and sexually explicit classroom material. Through whistleblower activity and using their right to speak at school board meetings, families are advocating for their students’ interests, and state lawmakers should take notice. Currently, a high-profile legislative proposal in Indiana is going in the wrong… -
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Americans, and Congress, Are Ready to Get Back to Work, Indiana Lawmaker Says
American workers are more than ready to get back to work, according to Rep. Trey Hollingsworth. The Indiana Republican joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about how his state is handling the impact of the coronavirus, state bailouts, sheltering in place, what the economic effects of the coronavirus shutdown will be, and much more…. -
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Bizarre Court Ruling Halts Indiana’s Efforts to Clean Up Voter Rolls
With the 2020 presidential election less than a year away, America’s voter registration rolls are woefully out of shape. Yet well-funded liberal organizations are working to stop states from cleaning up their rolls. Their latest victim is Indiana. A federal district court has temporarily halted the state’s effort to compare its voter rolls with those of… -
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The Supreme Court Delivered a Mixed Verdict on 2 Indiana Abortion Laws. Here’s What That Means.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a provision of Indiana law that requires abortion providers to bury or cremate fetal remains, while declining to review a portion of Indiana’s law—struck down by a lower court—that banned abortions on the basis of sex, race, and disability. Although the Supreme Court’s opinion in Box v. Planned Parenthood… -
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Mike Pence’s Brother Wins House Seat From Indiana the Vice President Once Held
The Pence family will soon have a second member serving in elective office in Washington. Greg Pence, the older brother of Vice President Mike Pence, on Tuesday won the House seat his brother first captured 18 years ago and held for six terms. With 80 percent of precincts reporting, Greg Pence, a Republican, was declared… -
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Indiana Teacher Forced to Resign After Refusing to Kowtow to Transgender Policies
An Indiana high school teacher alleges that he was forced to resign because he wouldn’t ascribe to the school’s policy of calling transgender students by their chosen names and pronouns. “I’m being compelled to encourage students in what I believe is something that’s a dangerous lifestyle,” former Brownsburg High School orchestra teacher John Kluge told NBC… -
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Indiana Lawmakers Reject Obama’s Stimulus Success Story
When President Barack Obama first visited Elkhart, Indiana, in March 2009, the county’s unemployment rate had just spiked to 18.9 percent—the highest in the country. Pointing to those numbers at the time, Obama urged Congress to pass an $800 billion economic stimulus package to keep the nation from slipping further into a recession “we may be… -
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Indiana Governor Signs Bill Banning Abortions of Down Syndrome Babies
“Every life has value. Every life is a gift.” Carissa Carroll, a mother of a toddler with Down syndrome, told The Daily Signal she supports legislation in Indiana, signed Thursday by Republican Gov. Mike Pence, that put a statewide ban on aborting babies due to genetic causes like Down syndrome. “Our son has changed our… -
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Indiana Ponders Revoking Business Licenses From Employers Who Hire Illegal Immigrants
Indiana may crack down soon on employers who hire illegal immigrants, under a new bill that would prohibit those convicted of doing so from practicing business in the state. The legislation, announced in the Indiana General Assembly last week, would enable judges to revoke business licenses from employers who repeatedly and “knowingly” hire illegal immigrants. State Sen. Mike Delph,… -
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Indiana Man Says IRS Fined Him $2,344 for Violating Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
An Indiana man’s IRS bill went viral after he posted a photograph to his Facebook page of a $2,344 fine he claimed was from the federal government for not purchasing health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Benjamin Miller said his insurance skyrocketed after President Barack Obama’s health care law took effect so he decided…