Report files are available here. A new study released on June 17, 2015 by the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the U.S. Geological Survey found that current water quality monitoring in the Lake Erie drainage basin is inadequate for evaluating agricultural management practices for improving the health of Lake Erie.
For example, in Indiana the age of consent for sex is 16, but there is a close in age exception that makes it legal for a person younger than 18 but above 16 to still be able to have sex with a 14 year old without being guilty of a crime.
Since Hawaii raised its age of consent from 14 to 16 in 2001, all 50 states recognize 16 as a minimum age of consent, with more than half of states approving 16 as the legal age. For a long time, though, the age of consent for same-sex couples was notably higher than for heterosexual couples in some statesâand in some cases, it was entirely illegal.