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Is Voter Fraud by Immigrants Worth 2 New Laws?
Election integrity is fraught with allegations, largely unproven. But the very hint becomes fodder for more debate. While Hoosier representatives make far less than those of other states, their hours…
Read MoreLWV, Mayor Talk Concerning Financial Future
As 2025 draws to a close, the Crawfordsville budget is ending strong, as Mayor Todd Barton discussed on November’s General Update of Crawfordsville Connection. But the future hints at real…
Read MoreCloser to Homelessness Than We Think
When a person loses the roof over their head, it’s usually part of a series of unfortunate events. Mason McConnell Curry, director of homelessness services at Lafayette Urban Ministry, has…
Read MoreLook Inside an ICE-Enforced Family Separation
Diana Ball was supposed to get married on April 17, 2010. Instead of a wedding, Ball was trying to find and visit her fiancé, Noel, an Irishman who’d been in…
Read MoreReducing Risk for Renters Reduces Homelessness
With the shift from one gubernatorial administration to the next, a number of Indiana’s services have faced abrupt cuts — we reported on the abrupt cessation of early childhood education…
Read MoreLWV Position Statement
National LWV position Statement on the basic level of quality care: Every U.S. resident should have access to a basic level of care that includes the prevention of disease, health…
Read MoreNeighbors Helping Neighbors
Ever pushed down on the brake pedal, heard that grinding noise and felt the pit of the stomach dread? Your car needs a brake job, but it’ll cost you a…
Read MoreCollege Graduation Improves Economy; Student Debt Threatens It
Democracy is, at its core, a system for working out differences in vision through the ballot, not the bullet. Each election and legislative cycle becomes a kind of bloodless revolution,…
Read MoreMaybe You Should Run for Office: Here’s How to Start — and Why It Matters
Running for office can feel intimidating. The paperwork, the fundraising, the organizing — many people imagine politics is something better left to others. But as longtime Montgomery County leader Virginia…
Read MoreChild Care Cuts Leave County Families Waiting
Montgomery County’s newest child care facility, a bright and carefully designed center operated by KinderCare, was completed with optimism — 124 seats, an emphasis on hard-to-find infant and toddler care,…
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