Archive for February 2023
Dear EarthTalk: What Is The “30×30 Initiative” For Conservation All About?
Put simply, the goal of the 30×30 Initiative is the conservation of 30 percent of terrestrial and marine habitat across the globe by 2030. The High Ambition Coalition for Nature…
Read MoreBill Expanding Hoosier Women’s Access To Contraceptives Heads To Senate
The Indiana House of Representatives this week advanced legislation co-authored by State Rep. Sharon Negele (R-Attica) that would allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives like birth control pills…
Read MoreMCLA Hires New Executive Director
The Montgomery County Leadership Academy is excited to announce Jeremy Lemus as the new Executive Director of the organization. Lemus will facilitate leadership training in and around Montgomery County to…
Read MoreHarshbarger Saga #3 – Mary Harshbarger Nofsinger
An almost Christmas present (same with our daughter – day after Valentine’s but she’s still our sweetie) came to be the day after the holiday in 1790 in Virginia, likely…
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What Is A Hoosier? Indiana Bill — With A Possible Answer — Dies In Committee
By Casey Smith Who’s there? It’s definitely not a verdict on the origin of the long-debated Hoosier nickname. House Bill 1143, which sought to establish “The Hoosier State” as Indiana’s…
Read MoreSen. Buchanan Welcomes Local Student To Statehouse
State Sen. Brian Buchanan (R-Lebanon) welcomed the following local students to the Statehouse who served as Senate pages in January. Pages spend a day at the Statehouse touring the historic…
Read MoreIndiana Students To Get Free FAFSA Filing Help At College Goal Sunday
Financial aid professionals will be volunteering at Ivy Tech Lafayette and Crawfordsville to help college-bound students and their families open the door to financial aid during College Goal Sunday. The…
Read MoreIndiana Officials Celebrate National FFA Week With Proclamation And Resolution
In honor of National FFA Week, seven Indiana State FFA Officers and National Officer, MacKenna Clifton of North Carolina, met in the Statehouse to receive a proclamation and resolution declaring…
Read MoreBill To Provide State Tax Credit For Public School Foundation Contributions Passes Senate
A bill authored by State Sen. Brian Buchanan (R-Lebanon) that would provide a state tax credit for donations made to public school foundations in 2024 and 2025 passed the Senate…
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