Clarice Henderson couldn’t shake the feeling that her home was falling apart. “The floors were dead; you would walk into a dip in the floor everywhere, even the bathroom. Every time we sat on the toilet, I thought we would fall through,” the Gary resident recalled, describing the difficulties of being a tenant with an […]
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Nearly 500 Advocates, Including Gary Groups, Urge Gov. Holcomb for Housing Commission
This story was originally published by The Indiana Citizen. A letter signed by nearly 500 Hoosier organizations and individuals was presented to Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday as part of a continued effort to persuade him to establish a statewide housing commission to tackle Indiana’s “extreme housing crisis.” The 485 signees to the letter, which […]
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Happy Hour and Carryout Cocktails Could Return to Indiana This Summer
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. Expect to see happy hours and the option to add a cocktail to your carryout restaurant order as soon as July, under finalized legislation approved Thursday. It now goes to the governor. House and Senate Hoosier lawmakers were briefly at odds over the prospect of […]
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Literacy Overhaul Bill — With Third-Grade Retention Requirement — Heads to Governor
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana senators gave final approval for a literacy overhaul bill that will require reading-deficient third-graders to be held back a year in school. Senate Bill 1, which seeks to remedy Indiana’s literacy “crisis” by requiring schools to administer the statewide IREAD test in second grade […]