Their Soil Toxic, 1,100 Indiana Residents Scramble to Find New Homes
Read moreThe extent of the contamination came as a shock to residents of the complex, even though it is just north of a huge former U.S.S. Lead smelting plant and on top of a smaller former smelting operation, in an area that was designated a Superfund site in 2009.
Election 2016: Foreign Hackers Breach Voting Systems In Illinois And Arizona; FBI Cyber Division Issues Alert
“The FBI is requesting that states contact their Board of Elections and determine if any similar activity to their logs, both inbound and outbound, has been detected,” reads the alert, reports Yahoo News. “Attempts should not be made to touch or ping the IP addresses directly.”
Read moreAug. 26, 1920 | 19th Amendment Takes Effect, Giving Women the Vote
On Aug. 26, 1920, eight days after it had been ratified, the 19th Amendment was declared in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, giving female citizens the right to vote in all American elections.
Read moreDo Voter Purges Discriminate Against the Poor and Minorities?
"Some states use multiple systems to verify registrations. About 24 million U.S. voters have a mismatched name, address, signature or other clerical error on their voter registration forms, according to Pew, that can cause them to be struck from the rolls."
Read moreEditorial: Voting laws a solution to problem that doesn't exist - South Bend Tribune
Read moreA Washington Post investigation found 31 credible instances of voter fraud from 2000 to 2014 — out of an estimated 1 billion ballots cast in the United States during that period.
Critics See Efforts by Counties and Towns to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls
"Three years ago, the Supreme Court declared the preclearance mandate unconstitutional, saying the blatant discrimination it was meant to prevent was largely a thing of the past."
Read moreIndiana's Woman Problem
Indiana has a problem with women.
Namely, there aren’t enough of them. At least, not when it comes to the ranks of decision makers in our state government.
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