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Ball State Pays $225K in Free-Speech Settlement Over Charlie Kirk Post

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Ball State Pays $225K in Free-Speech Settlement Over Charlie Kirk Post
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Ball State University will pay $225,000 to a former health-care administrator who was fired after criticizing Charlie Kirk on Facebook, a settlement the ACLU of Indiana says upholds protected private speech by a public employee. The case is part of a broader wave of Kirk-related disputes and settlements that highlight tensions over speech outside the workplace in higher education and public institutions.

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