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The 2026 legislative “short session” began early, on December 1, 2025. Our League and those for Johnson and Brown (also serving Bartholomew) counties have invited legislators representing all four counties at the Statehouse to report on and discuss activities each month.

In a letter prepared by the Monroe County Branch of the NAACP, the organization "strongly condemns the recent takeover of the Indiana University Board of Trustees by Governor Mike Braun and the systematic dismantling of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts across the university.

For our October Civic Conversations podcast, Jim Allison welcomed Ray Boomhower, esteemed Indiana biographer and senior editor of the Indiana Historical Society Press.

The League of Women Voters’ “Unite & Rise 8.5" campaign aims to bring out 8.5 million individuals to oppose the current administration’s anti-democratic actions. 8.5 million is the estimated number of voters it would take to bring about change through nonviolent protest.