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There are nine referenda requests from eight school districts on primary ballots around the state.

There are nine referenda requests from eight school districts on primary ballots around the state.

There are nine referenda requests from eight school districts on primary ballots around the state.

There are nine referenda requests from eight school districts on primary ballots around the state.

It would cost the owner of an average home in Franklin Township an extra $216 per year.

Franklin Township Community School Corporation is asking voters to approve a nearly $100 million property tax referendum in the May primary. The construction referendum would allow the school to build an additional wing to the 50-year-old Franklin Central High School and make improvements at six elementary schools.

Indiana saw more referendums than ever right before the pandemic. Now, schools face an uncertain economy and ballot language that might cause sticker shock.

School officials hope that Indiana’s low unemployment rate and growing home values will convince voters to pass property tax increases in the May election.

/PRNewswire/ -- Interim board chairman Marshall S. Millwood of Gainesville, Ga. has been elected chairman of the Oglethorpe Power Board of Directors. He...