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Georgia youth: Dyslexia is my superpower! The two-minute video features Georgia youth discussing their superpower that makes them special. ATLANTA - They say necessity is the mother of all invention. And in the case of a Facebook video getting a lot of views these days, a local mother needed to send a message. "Dyslexias very misunderstood, and I wanted to write something that would help people understand just how brilliant our children are, just how talented and creative they are, and that th...

How much stock do voters place in endorsements? Its a good question with varied answers. While some endorsements bring lots of cash, others might bestow prestige, such as when one

Casey Bradley Gent If you’re a one-issue voter and that issue is letting voters  decide if Colorado Springs should allow recreational marijuana shops, you’re in luck. That question gets a thumbs up from candidates in five of six Colorado Springs City Council races on the April 6 ballot. Neither of the candidates in eastern District 6 responded to the Indy’s candidate questionnaire. The 19 candidates in the other five districts split almost even...

The city election is taking place during the pandemic. Jon Lamson This article was produced as part of a journalism class at Colorado College, taught by Corey Hutchins. The students are Amelia Allen, Esteban Candelaria, Jon Lamson, Arlo Metzger, Will Taylor, Frances Thyer and Peyton Wright. As the race for six seats on the Colorado Springs City Council heats up, tens of thousands of dollars are already sloshing around the campaign coffers of the nearly two dozen ...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incumbent Colorado Springs City Council member David Geislinger has a battle on his hands, according to campaign finance reports due Feb. 15, which also suggest Republican politics will play a role. Two of the three candidates trying to unseat Geislinger have raised more money by far than Geislinger. The other, Dave Noblitt, has raised $7,260 — $5,000 from the Colorado Springs Professional Firefighters P...

RALEIGH · January 28, 2021—North Carolinians have a new opportunity to enroll in health insurance for 2021 on HealthCare.gov, but only for a limited time. This new special open enrollment period starts February 15, 2021, and ends May 15, 2021.   With job losses continuing to mount amid the COVID-19 resurgence, and millions of people having lost their job-based health insurance since the start of this public health and economic crisis, the White House has opened up HealthCare...

Those who missed the opportunity to sign up for Obamacare last December will soon have another chance to enroll, and that means 650,000 more North Carolinians could have health insurance.

Unsplash Conover homeschooling mom, Jessica Frierson, remembers last July 4 weekend well. That was when two of her daughters started to complain their throats hurt. Frierson thought it was just the dry air. “One by one, the other children started getting it,” she says. It turned out to be COVID-19. “My 4-year-old and my 8-year-old were pitiful, they would lie on the floor and cry, just sob ." Soon, all six children got the virus. Then her husband was admitted to the hospital with double p...