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Short Session, Big Stakes: Firing Squads, Solar Plug-in and Child Care
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…
Read MoreNew Bill Could Open Door to Plug-in Solar
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…
Read MoreThe Hidden Cost of Voting
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…
Read MoreMayor Barton Challenges Lawmakers on Representation
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…
Read MoreState Decisions Starve Local Solutions
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…
Read MoreLeague of Women Voters Educates on Issues
“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…
Read MoreIs 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…
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