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Indiana Townships Are Changing: Here’s What It Means for Monroe, Lawrence, Greene and the Rest of Our Region

For generations, Indiana’s townships have been the closest layer of government most rural and small-town residents ever deal with.

Climbing Toward the Centennial: Restoring Brown County’s Historic Weed Patch Hill Fire Tower

Donations can be made online at friendsbcsp.org/donations or by check to Friends of Brown County State Park, P.O. Box 1892

Chamberfest Brown County Returns: World-Class Ensembles, a Wartime Song Cycle Premiere, and a Week of Mostly Free Music in Nashville

Composer Patrick Zimmerli and librettist Mirabelle Ordinaire have set actual wartime correspondence — spanning the American Revolution through the Gulf War — to music for four voices and piano.

A careful look at what the Brown County Redevelopment Commission is working toward

Economic planning—while staying grounded in community goals

Could Beau Bayh Look Like Anymore of a Doofus?

Does the candidate understand how he lands with regular people outside the donor circuit and the convention hall?

Indiana’s $1.86 Billion Surplus and Nearly $4 Billion in Reserves: What It Means for Counties Like Ours

Gov. Braun has framed the surplus as giving lawmakers “options”

Lawrence County Joins Statewide INjail System: What It Means For Southern Indiana

"This system makes public records easier to obtain across the board"

French Lick Irony: Indiana Democrats Hold Their “Big Idea” Convention Where Their Base Can't Afford to Show Up

Indiana Democrats say they want to rebuild the middle class and speak for everyday Hoosiers.

Indiana Democrats’ Long Shadow: An Image Problem That Won’t Quit

n places like Kokomo, federal intervention during the auto crisis helped stabilize a manufacturing base that might otherwise have collapsed.

District 62: Rural Ground, Real Contest

This is the closest thing to a toss-up in the counties we cover.

End of an Era: Mayor Craig Will Not Seek a Fourth Term

Craig first took office in January 2020 after winning the 2019 election

When the Camera Becomes the Cause: Civilian Auditing in Southern Indiana

Jenee Abram Trimble: Real Crusader for Taxpayers?

Trimble publicly offered help with property-tax appeals in exchange for signature sheets

Governor Braun Taps Joshua Bain to Regulatory Commission

Bain most recently served as Executive Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

Property Tax Reform Fallout: What SEA 1 Means for Lawrence County — and How Other Counties Are Handling It

Homeowners across Indiana are seeing modest property tax relief this year under Senate Enrolled Act 1. For local governments, the same law is producing a different kind of math.

Bloomington’s Quiet Wins: Competence, Connection, and a City Still Building

“This took years of work, honest evaluation, and a lot of people pulling in the same direction."

Habitat Alert Highlights Gunfire Near Osage Place: Bloomington’s Steady Safety Decline

The site was becoming “more dangerous and a public safety concern.”

Summer’s Last Stretch: Nature Cafés, Trails, and Why Folks Still Choose the Hills

It is a quiet, practical close to a season

Saved from the Cell: Hoosier Helicopter Parents Freaking Out Over Unplugging Kids

Parents do not need to fear the adjustment.

Data Centers: You're gonna love em'

"We're building the future one rack at a time."

Opinion: The Skepticism Trap – Why Shoals (and Too Many Small Towns) Are Their Own Worst Enemy When New Businesses Arrive

GOOD LUCK NOT OPENING TILL 8 O’CLOCK,

A Beam from the Towers Stops in Indianapolis — and a Question About Where We Are Looking

It is possible to honor the dead without treating the date as a permanent national holy day that crowds out attention to the living future.