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Volunteers Bring Compassion to Immigrant Detainees
Driving through Brazil, Ind., one sees a small town, something like Ladoga, Thorntown or Darlington. A small block or two of shops and restaurants. Homes, some well-kept, others giving way…
Read MoreVolunteers Can’t Keep Up
Our local food pantries need us donating, volunteering, advocating. In 2025, Congress, along with the new administration, slashed funding at a scale not seen in years. The USDA’s decision to…
Read MoreLWV Wraps Up School Series with North Montgomery
In the Indiana of 2025, school districts like North Montgomery are remembering 2009 when then-Governor Mitch Daniels cut $300 million from Indiana’s 351 districts, just shy of a cool million…
Read MoreBook Club Dives Into The Family Roe
Does knowing the story of the people involved change how you think about the case? Did you learn anything new, anything that shifted your understanding or perspective? Those were the…
Read MorePeriod Poverty & Making of Period Packs
It is not a topic many of us like to discuss, but half of the population menstruates. Obviously, we all know plenty of people that have a period. Since the…
Read MoreHow Crawfordsville Schools are Weathering Fiscal Storm
As state-level property tax measures and funding formula changes reshape the financial landscape for Indiana and its public schools, for Crawfordsville Community School Corporation, a small district already operating with…
Read MoreThe Crisis we Cannot See
In March, the national League of Women Voters joined a lawsuit to oppose a presidential executive order that attempts to radically change the way voting is conducted in this…
Read MoreLWV Looks Into 36-Month Cap on ABA Therapy
Nothing has been spared in the recent budget overhauls at the state level, including funding for individuals receiving Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, the most common and data-supported intervention for…
Read MoreLWV Talks With South Schools
The Indiana state government didn’t hand out any favors to local schools this legislative season. It moved Indiana away from generating revenue based on property taxes toward sales tax income.…
Read MoreLWV Talks Future of Library
There’s a lot of chatter these days about the future of Indiana’s public libraries, and the Crawfordsville District Public Library has not escaped the rumor mill. With changes to the…
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