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Short Session, Big Stakes: Firing Squads, Solar Plug-in and Child Care

By The Paper of Montgomery County | January 14, 2026 | 0

Indiana’s 2026 legislative session may be short, but the list of bills is anything but dull — and few proposals turn heads quite like the one spelling out that police…

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New Bill Could Open Door to Plug-in Solar

By The Paper of Montgomery County | January 7, 2026 | 0

As energy prices climb and new technology rules loosen, plug-in solar may soon offer Hoosiers a practical way to cut bills and pollution without going “all in” on a full…

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The Hidden Cost of Voting

By The Paper of Montgomery County | December 24, 2025

In November 2024, reported Indiana Capitol Chronicle’s Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, nearly 3 million Indiana residents voted. That is about 61% of those registered with the state, nearly 100,000 fewer Hoosiers…

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Mayor Barton Challenges Lawmakers on Representation

By The Paper of Montgomery County | December 24, 2025

Last week, the LWVMC column provided a round-up of Dec. 13’s legislative breakfast, with comments from Kelly Taylor, Ethan Hollander, Scott Feller, Jamie Peters, her dad Doug, high school student…

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State Decisions Starve Local Solutions

By The Paper of Montgomery County | December 17, 2025

On Dec. 13, two days after Hoosier legislators resisted intense pressure from Washington, D.C. to redistrict mid-cycle, the Crawfordsville Chamber of Commerce hosted its first breakfast of this year’s shortened…

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League of Women Voters Educates on Issues

By The Paper of Montgomery County | December 10, 2025

“Remember the ladies,” wrote Abigail Adams on March 31, 1776, to her husband and future president John Adams, as he and other founding fathers framed the constitution, “and be more…

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Is Voter Fraud by Immigrants Worth 2 New Laws?

By The Paper of Montgomery County | December 3, 2025

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…

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LWV, Mayor Talk Concerning Financial Future

By The Paper of Montgomery County | November 26, 2025

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…

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Closer to Homelessness Than We Think

By The Paper of Montgomery County | October 29, 2025

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…

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Look Inside an ICE-Enforced Family Separation

By The Paper of Montgomery County | October 22, 2025

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…

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