The Indiana Senate’s Education and Career Development Committee voted unanimously to pass an amended student press freedom bill on Wednesday.
Amended New Voices bill passes Indiana Senate committee
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Texas senator introduces New Voices legislation
Just under the wire for the deadline to file bills for the Texas state legislature, Senator José Rodríguez, D-El Paso, submitted a bill that would grant free speech protection to student journalists in public schools.
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For students and journalism educators, recent FAA clarifications on drone use are opening up the skies for aerial newsgathering.
Private California university requests takedown of student news article
The Santa Clara, Santa Clara University’s namesake student newspaper, published an editorial detailing a recent incident of the publication’s censorship by the school’s administration.
Nebraska student senate upholds veto of Daily Nebraskan funding cut
An effort to overturn a $20,000 funding cut to the Daily Nebraskan, the independent student newspaper at the University of Nebraska, fell one vote short at a university student government meeting Wednesday.
Sunshine Week Roundup: Government transparency dustups abound in the Sun Belt
With a storm brewing in Arkansas and an effort to further open records exemptions in New Mexico, more and more states are working to move government further into the shadows.
Nebraska student newspaper facing $20,000 funding cut after student body president vetoes fee allocation
The Daily Nebraskan, the independent student newspaper at the University of Nebraska, is facing a potential $20,000 funding reduction from the university’s student government for the upcoming academic year.
Missouri New Voices bill moves on to the Senate
Missouri’s Walter Cronkite New Voices Act has successfully passed through the House of Representatives and is halfway home.
Kentucky AG seeks to intervene in WKU, KSU lawsuits
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear is joining two student newspapers in fighting back against their colleges’ attempts to withhold public records of investigations into sexual harassment complaints.
Judge dismisses “trial of the [expletive] century” between The Koala and UC-San Diego
A district court in California has thrown out a lawsuit filed by The Koala, a satirical campus publication, against University of California-San Diego administrators and student government.