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Agreeing to Disagree, How Local Leaders Lead
When the street department announced it would put a four-way stop just around the corner from Dari-Licious at Oak and Market streets, a Facebook acquaintance lamented that he’d not attended…
Read MoreWe are still here
“I am a Hoosier born and raised,” wrote Beth Saligugi Elam, “but first and foremost I am Chickamauga Cherokee and descendant of the Powhatan Confederacy. I would like White Hoosiers…
Read MoreGifting – A thrifty plan for the holidays
“When do you open your Christmas presents?” When David Sedaris asks in an essay about international Saint Nicholas traditions, he links when families open gifts with how many gifts they…
Read MoreHow to be a local leader
“A good man is hard to find,” wrote Flannery O’Connor. The League of Women Voters would reword this: A good human is hard to find, especially one who wants to…
Read MoreInduction cooktops reduce bills, indoor pollution
The carbon monoxide detector screeched again. The monitor screen read above four hundred parts per million (PPM) so she opened the backdoor. As she ran upstairs to grab an industrial…
Read MoreLessons on running for office
By The League of Women Voters Before the Indiana legislative branch received census data to redraw districts for the next decade, this League of Women Voters member sat down with…
Read MoreNow’s time to imagine better childcare
By the League of Women Voters Imagine there’s enough affordable daycare for all ages. It’s easier right now through March 2022, if we give it a try. Thanks to pandemic…
Read MoreEVs are great for Hoosiers
By the League of Women Voters New jobs. Millions saved in energy costs. Cleaner communities. A smoother transition to electric vehicles. That’s why the REV Midwest Agreement is great news…
Read MoreMeet ALICE: She needs childcare
By the League of Women Voters Meet ALICE. She’s Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed, or she was employed until the pandemic shutdown. She’s heard the headlines about people who need to get…
Read MoreZoning complicates housing solutions
Question: how is zoning affecting Crawfordsville’s housing and diversity? All good columns begin with a question, and one on Crawfordsville’s growth, as it intersects with our housing shortage, population growth…
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