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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:39 — 42.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of Standing Room Only, Monroe County Council member Geoff McKim talks through how local government taxes, tax bases, and policies effect area residents and governance. McKim gave his remarks during an April 26 meeting at the Monroe County Courthouse.

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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 3.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWith 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.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:20 — 10.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBritish-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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:51 — 6.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:26 — 1.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:42 — 8.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 3.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBETTER BEWARE Shady tax preparers, an avalanche of danger for Mac users, and a huge new internet security leak for everyone to worry about. Lots of new news this time!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:01 — 41.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWith 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:28 — 7.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSupporters 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 …