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Are Women’s Health Care and Our Business Economy in Peril in Indiana?
NOTE: This is the first of a two-part column addressing these issues A diverse crowd of more than 60 people gathered at the Crawfordsville District Public Library last week to…
Read MoreWomen’s History Month: Insights into Finance and Banking
With the markets shaky, let’s celebrate Women’s History Month through the stories of three women, outliers and trailblazers, whose financial savvy may hold some lessons for the present. Hetty Green,…
Read MoreTraining Up a Trustworthy Police Force
Sheriff Ryan Needham had at least one hypothesis about why he received so few applications for the open position for a school resources officer (SRO) he was trying to fill.…
Read MoreEntrepreneur Takes His Business to College
In the midst of the pandemic of 2020, Emmett Bowman took his initials, EB, and created a philanthropic clothing line calling out EveryBody Stand for Unity and Everybody Unite. His…
Read MoreA Better Way: Insights From Mental Health Program Director
Rachel Christensen always knew she wanted to be in a helping profession and discovered she loved her psychology courses at Olivet Nazarene University. While in college, she managed a local…
Read MoreThe Cost Of Poor Living Impacts Entire Community
It’s the nature of many Midwesterners to be healthy skeptics of jargon and buzz phrases. Being pragmatic and skeptical, we hear a phrase like “social determinants of health” about three…
Read MoreSlow March Toward Something Better, We Hope
Numbers are not political. “Data is just data,” said Advi, an economics senior from Oman, who was talking about the course that most impacted her, the Economics of Racial and…
Read MoreUntapped Potential: Section 202 Housing For Senior Citizens
Crawfordsville is one of many small towns struggling with the housing crisis. Our League of Women Voter’s Economic Health team members keeps asking, “What about housing?” because we have almost…
Read MoreConnect Dots On Lost Education Dollars
Nothing about the guest speaker suggested power or prestige. She was the quintessential teacher, comfortable and ready to engage in a crushed velvet smock, black leggings, and comfortable shoes. She’d…
Read MoreGod Forbid: The County Is Prepared
The morning after straight-line winds pummeled Crawfordsville in May 2017, it looked like a tiny tornado had waltzed Main Street, crushing cars and bashing houses. Fat tree limbs rendered some…
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