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DISGUSTING HAIRCUTS FOR THE WIN · INDIANA'S $675 MILLION QUESTION: ARE HOOSIERS PAYING TOO MUCH AND GETTING TOO LITTLE JUSTICE? · STATE HOUSE RESULTS ACROSS THE MR.NEWZ COUNTIES · DEMOCRATS LEAD KEY COUNTY RACES; VOTERS APPROVE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS · MAY WINS! · VICE LEADS WAY AS INDIANA TECH TOPS MIAMI-HAMILTON · SEAN STEELE AND CHASE CUMMINGS TALKED ME OUT OF IT · GOVERNOR BRAUN EXTENDS GAS TAX HOLIDAY THROUGH DEC. 4 · KIRKWOOD SHOOTING: MAYOR INSISTS IT'S THE GUN'S FAULT. · INDIANA GOV. MIKE BRAUN SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO EXTEND GAS TAX HOLIDAY AGAIN · THE NASHVILLE DREAM IS BEING RENTED OUT BY THE NIGHT · INDIANA PORK BACKS YOUTH, PRO CHEFS AT WORLD FOOD CHAMPIONSHIPS · MARTIN COUNTY’S RECYCLING CENTER FACES DECEMBER HEARING AS FINANCES STAY THIN · CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO HOST GRAND OPENING FOR NEW BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CENTER · FARMER'S ALMANAC LOOKS AHEAD: MILDER LEAN FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA, WITH THE USUAL CAVEATS · BRAUN EXTENDS INDIANA GAS TAX SUSPENSION THROUGH DEC. 4 · THE MASK FINALLY SLIPS, SEAN STEELE TAKES TO FACEBOOK TO ATTEMPT DAMAGE CONTROL. · SHEILA KLINKER DECLARED WINNER IN INDIANA HOUSE DISTRICT 27 RACE · LAST PICKLEBALL GAME OF THE SEASON · FIRST DEMOCRAT WINS STATEWIDE OFFICE IN INDIANA SINCE 2012 · MARTIN COUNTY, OCTOBER 2026: ELECTIONS AND GAY ACTIVISTS, IT JUST NEVER STOPS. · CHRIS MAY RETAINS INDIANA HOUSE DISTRICT 65 SEAT FOLLOWING INDEPENDENT CHALLENGE · FAMILY DETAINS BORDEN MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ABDUCT TEEN AT GUNPOINT ON NORTH NAUGLE ROAD · DEARBORN CHAMBER NAMES SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR ·

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