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Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence are expected to land in Indianapolis, this evening; Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly is breaking with the Democratic Party, and endorsing Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State; The race to oust Joe Donnelly from his Senate seat is growing increasingly vicious ahead of the May 8 primary; A forest fire broke out in Morgan-Monroe State …

With the deadline to file taxes almost here, our consumer watchdog segment has a few reminders about the major dangers facing all of us at Tax Time, and the most common scams the IRS is warning about.

British-Indian Author and Booker Prize for Fiction winner, Sir Salman Rushdie, accepts an honorary doctorate from Indiana University; A shortage of volunteers persists at the Monroe County Court Appointed Special Advocates program; Indiana’s Democratic 9th congressional district candidates meet at the Monroe County Public Library; The Monroe County Council hears from Assessor Judy Sharp over an ongoing challenge to the county’s tax collection …

The Monroe County Tax Assessor’s office says the Lowe’s, Target and Menard’s corporations are tying up her office, in challenges to the assessed tax values of their businesses. This morning, The Monroe County Assessor told Monroe County Commissioners that corporations are trying to cut the assessed tax values of their properties in half. Judith Sharp says the corporate offices of …

A new countywide food and beverage begins Thursday. The one percent tax is being applied to hot foods, and foods comprised of two or more ingredients that are sold as a single item. Though county officials passed the tax into law in December, some still have concerns about its effect on low-and-fixed income individuals. County Council member Marty Hawk says …

Indiana University Graduate students protested and delivered a petition to President Michael McRobbie’s office yesterday afternoon. At the heart of their concern is a measure in the proposed U.S. House tax plan that would repeal a tax exemption for tuition reimbursement for graduate students. The tuition reimbursement compensates graduate students for work at the university. For many graduate students, tuition …

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With President-elect Trump soon to take office, America is faced with a grim irony: many voters with economic grievances about a “rigged system” helped Trump win office, and yet given his major appointments so far, it seems unlikely that our next president will do anything to fundamentally address those problems — and it seems likely he’ll make them worse. Assuming …

Supporters of the Monroe County Community School Corporation are stepping up their efforts to lobby the community to support a property tax referendum on the November ballot. The tax is expected to provide $7MM annually to local public schools. Lynn Coyne is one of the tri-chairs of the Yes for MCCSC Committee, which kicked off its campaign earlier this month. …

United Way of Monroe County and the Financial Stability Alliance for South Central Indiana and partners have launched the Free Community Tax Service for this year in Monroe and Owen counties. Community Initiative Director, Ashley Hall says the program started four years ago. “A lot of our sites in the community had been offering volunteer tax assistance many years before …