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The Indianapolis City-County Council approved a fiscal ordinance Monday that will allocate $150,000 to pilot an immigrant defense fund. The money will help immigrants in Indianapolis seeking asylum, pursuing citizenship, or those at risk of deportation with legal information, consultations and representation. "Local organizations that are already doing this work are maxed out with their caseload," said Jordan Rodriguez, who works in the city's human resources department and is the former director of the city's Office of International and Latino Affairs. "So this would basically provide f...

CHASE BOTTORF cbottorf@lockhaven.com DUNNSTOWN — A majority of Woodward Township supervisors say they need to resurrect their municipal sewer authority to give the township flexibility to borrow money to pay for capital projects — and help with funding a new fire truck. The board recently voted 2-1 to seek new authority members as part of the measure. Voting in favor were Supervisors Wayne Love and John Barth. Supervisor Kyle Coleman voted no. The same board in November 2018 voted to disband the authority because they desired to reduce the authority’s costs after the independent body ...

"Metafiction... is when a novel imitates a novel rather than the real world" Metafiction is a bit tricky to define. In today’s current use, popularized by literary critic Robert Scholes, metafiction usually refers to the presence of a radical self-reflexive nature in post-modernnovels or short stories. Depending on how it’s seen, it can be either a great marker of the death of the novel as a literary convention, or a sign of its rebirth. However, this current definition is not perfect for many reasons, one of which is that many literary and artistic works (not just novels and short sto...

Wyzant to Host Series of Free Advanced Placement Test Prep Workshops In April and May Live virtual workshops taught by expert tutors, covering 30+ AP subjects, will help students learn effective test-taking strategies News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyzant, the largest tutoring marketplace in the U.S., today announced that it is hosting more than 30 free, live virtual workshops in preparation for the Advanced Placement® exams in April and May. The workshops will help students gain insight into the testing experience and learn t...

Indianapolis will consider expanding smoking ban to public parks, the latest change to the city's smoking ban since 2012.