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Fifty-eight percent of Hoosiers favored tax dollars going directly to Indiana’s public schools in that 2015 survey by the Bowen Center at Ball State University. Only 39 percent supported using state funds for private and charter school vouchers. The leadership of the Indiana General Assembly’s ruling party has different education priorities, more aligned with the national education reform movement. Controversy over House Bill 1005 epitomizes the contrast between the dominant Republican Party’s top legislators and average Hoosiers. Indiana is struggling to attract and keep its public sch...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A fight is brewing in the Indiana […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Republican lawmaker pushed Monday to strip away much of the authority Indiana’s state and local public health officials have used to impose restrictions during the COVID-19...

A Republican lawmaker pushed Monday to strip away much of the authority Indiana’s state and local public health officials have used to impose restrictions...

Dustin White JEFFERSONVILLE — Unsatisfied by the lack of explanation given for the removal of the city’s urban enterprise zone board chair, Jeffersonville Councilman Ron Ellis intends to bring the issue back up for discussion Monday. The council voted 6-2 to remove Peggy Hardaway as the Democratic appointment to the Jeffersonville Urban Enterprise Zone board during a Dec. 21 meeting. Councilman Dustin White called for the motion, though Hardaway’s term wasn’t set to expire. White nominated himself as her replacement, and that was approved as part of his motion to remove Ha...