Tea Party to march on governor's mansion
Also, TechnoKats, CyberTooth headed to Houston; Cass County College & Career Expo April 22
The Coalition of Central Indiana Tea Parties, along with Indy Tea Party North, Indy Defenders of Liberty West, Lafayette Citizens in Action, and concerned citizens across the state, are calling on all Hoosiers to join a public rally at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 21, outside the Governor’s Mansion on North Meridian Street (between 46th and 49th Streets in Indianapolis).
The protest is a direct response to Senate Bill 1 (SB1), a deceitful bill the General Assembly is promoting as property tax reform, but which falls far short of what was promised by Governor Mike Braun during his 2024 campaign.
“SB1 is not true property tax relief,” said Adam Harvey, Chairman of the Coalition. “It does nothing to fix the broken system that punishes homeowners, especially seniors and working families. Governor Braun promised bold reform. This bill is anything but.”
The rally will also oppose a quiet move in the state budget (HB1001) to strip control of TrustIndiana from the elected State Treasurer and hand it to a board of bankers. TrustIndiana is a successful investment program that manages local government funds safely and responsibly. Turning control over to financial insiders is crony capitalism at its worst, risking taxpayer money for private gain.
The Coalition’s Demands:
Governor Braun must VETO SB1 if it passes.
Call a special session to create real, meaningful property tax reform.
Protect TrustIndiana by removing the budget language that hands control to a banker-appointed board.
Stop taxing unrealized gains on property using assessed values and start putting taxpayers first.
Exempt homesteads from tax seizure.
“This is about keeping promises, standing up for taxpayers, and stopping backroom deals that benefit insiders,” said Rick Barr, of Indy Defenders of Liberty West. “We’re showing up on April 21 to make sure our voices are heard loud and clear.”
TechnoKats, CyberTooth headed to Houston
FIRST Indiana Robotics is proud to send 17 teams from across Indiana to Houston, Texas, this week to compete in FIRST Championship. Supported by statewide partners like Toyota Indiana, Carrier, and Salesforce, Indiana teams will be competing at all three levels against other teams from across the globe.
FIRST Championship is the culminating, international event for the youth robotics competition season and an annual celebration of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for our community as we prepare young people for the future.
Teams competing include the TechnoKats Robotics Team from Kokomo High School and CyberTooth from Northwestern High School.
The 2025 competition themes are all centered around the planet’s oceans. Beneath the ocean’s surface lies the planet’s most complex ecosystems, full of life and potential for exploration and learning, where each inhabitant has a role to play in building a thriving environment. During the 2024-2025 FIRST season, FIRST® DIVE℠ presented by Qualcomm, teams use their STEM and collaboration skills to explore life beneath the surface of the ocean. Along the way, they uncover the potential to strengthen the community and innovate for a better world with healthy oceans.
FIRST® Robotics Competition teams of high school students design, program, and build industrial-sized robots to play an action-packed game, released in January. They compete on a themed field as part of a three-team alliance in the spirit of Coopertition®. In 360-degree learning guided by adult mentors, each FIRST Robotics Competition team also creates a team identity, raises funds to meet its goals, and advances appreciation for STEM in its community. The theme for this competition is 2025 REEFSCAPE presented by Haas - Using engineering skills to strengthen one of the ocean’s most diverse habitats in a new challenge launched January 4, 2025.
Cass County College & Career Expo April 22
The doors of Logansport High School’s Berry Bowl will be open from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, for the annual Cass County College & Career Expo. The public is invited to attend the event where more than 40 central Indiana employers and 20 Indiana colleges and universities will be available to meet with prospective employees and students.
Ivy Tech Community College, the Logansport/Cass County Chamber of Commerce, and Logansport High School are sponsoring the expo. The event is open to Ivy Tech students and alumni, high school students and community members seeking part-time or full-time jobs or internship positions or interested in learning more about educational opportunities offered by colleges throughout the state of Indiana.
Members of the public are encouraged to come between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. when high school participants are at lunch.
For more information, contact Suzanne Dillman at 574-398-6090 or sdillman@ivytech.edu. Participating employers and colleges can be viewed at https://www.ivytech.edu/about-ivy-tech/news/kokomo/2023/cass-county-college-career-expo/?location=Kokomo .