I’m activated: bank on it

Each January the small bank in my hometown –– The Loanly Bank and Mistrust –– attracts new customers to their banking services by offering premium gifts to anyone signing for a loan or opening a new account. To anyone opening a savings account, the bank will bestow a $25 gift card to Sleepy Joe’s coffee…

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Attorney General Todd Rokita sues Google over deceptive practices in harvesting Hoosiers’ location data

Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit alleging that Google has misled consumers by falsely representing the extent to which users may control how their location data is accessed, stored, used and monetized by Google. “Protecting Hoosiers from Big Tech’s deceptive and unfair practices continues to be a major focal point of my administration,” Attorney…

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Indiana is awash in guns as homicide records proliferate

Last year was one of the bloodiest years in Indiana history as Indianapolis set yet another homicide record with 271 murders, while Evansville, Fort Wayne and South Bend all had deadly years. Perhaps, just perhaps … it’s because Indiana is awash in guns. On Tuesday, the Indiana House voted 63-29 on HB1077 the “constitutional carry”…

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The Postscript

Nothing is as fun as eating broccoli and breaking bad habits “I bought more broccoli because I knew you were coming,” my mother informed me. You can never get enough broccoli, that is my belief. I am lucky in that I never had to acquire a taste for vegetables out of some sort of concern…

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US Department of Labor commits to continuing the fight against human trafficking

As National Human Trafficking Prevention Month concludes, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division continues to support the updated U.S. National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking by committing resources, collaborating with criminal enforcement agencies and providing outreach to combat labor trafficking. In the U.S., trafficked migrant workers are often intimidated and abused…

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Westfield Redevelopment Commission

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE WESTFIELD REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Notice is hereby given that the Westfield Redevelopment Commission will meet in a Special Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at the Westfield City Hall, 130 Penn Street, Westfield, IN 46074. Agenda Items: Declaration of quorum and opening of meeting 31 / 32…

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Betty Charlene Lindenmayer

Dec. 17, 1925 – Jan. 19, 2022 Betty Charlene Lindenmayer, age 96, of Frankfort, formerly of Sheridan, passed away on Wednesday evening, Jan. 19, 2022, at Clinton House in Frankfort. Born Dec. 17, 1925, in Sugar Creek Township of Clinton County, Ind., she was the daughter of the late Hersal “Heiny” and Nellie M. (Harris)…

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