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Indiana Secretary of State, Connie Lawson, announced statewide voter turnout was 13%, for May seventh’s municipal primary elections. Monroe County had 10% voter turnout, or 5,390 voters. This year’s municipal primary saw a 48% increase in voter turnout from the last municipal primary, between Mark Kruzan and David Sabbagh, in 2007. In the Kruzan-Sabbagh primary race, nearly 3,000 voters cast …

Owen, Greene, and Monroe Counties are among the highest unemployment rates in the state. The May Indiana Unemployment Report was released by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, shows that overall, Indiana’s unemployment rate is relatively low at 3.2 percent, compared to the national average of 3.8 percent, but 40 of the state’s 92 counties have a higher unemployment rate than …

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb declared last week “Immigrant Heritage Week at a press conference, today; Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson sent statements to federal lawmakers, asking them to bolster elections security throughout the country; Owen, Greene, and Monroe Counties boast some of the highest unemployment rates in the state; Monroe County is beginning a multi-phase project to update the county’s security systems; Monroe …