Articles tagged as: Indiana NAACP
September 21, 2023
Groups file injunction in lawsuit challenging local government for failure to redistrict by deadline
Common Cause Indiana, the League of Women Voters of Indiana and the Madison County NAACP have filed a preliminary injunction in their lawsuit against Andersons city council.
Read MoreApril 21, 2022
Indiana Black leaders call for 'urgency' in addressing student academics
Black leaders from across Indiana called on Gov. Eric Holcomb and other state leaders on Thursday to prioritize ways to address the academic achievement gaps facing children of color.
Read MoreMarch 23, 2022
Historic Black school in Kokomo to go solar with help of the Indiana NAACP
The Douglass School, named after abolitionist Fredrick Douglass, opened during segregation and eventually merged with an all-white school in the 1950s before closing in 1968.
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2022
Indiana NAACP leaders decry education, environment bills in Statehouse
Black leaders from across Indiana on Monday weighed in legislation near the finish line that would affect everything from education to the environment during the NAACP’s annual legislative day at the Statehouse.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2021
NAACP: Carbon Tax Resolution Ignores Harm To Low-Income, Black, Brown Communities
The Baker-Shultz Carbon Dividends Plan proposes taxing companies that emit greenhouse gases and returning that money to U.S. households.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2020
Voter Advocates Sue Over Indiana's Absentee Ballot Deadline
Common Cause Indiana and the Indiana NAACP are suing Indiana in federal court over what they say is its unjustifiably early deadline to return absentee vote-by-mail ballots.
Read MoreApril 23, 2020
NAACP: We Can Reduce The Pollution That Puts Some At Greater Risk From COVID-19
People who live in polluted areas are more likely to have the underlying heart and lung conditions that put them at a greater risk from COVID-19.
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2020
NAACP: Vote Down Bill That Would Delay Coal Plant Closures
The Indiana NAACP says keeping coal plants open longer would negatively affect the health of low-income and minority communities in the state.
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