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August 26th is Women's Equality Day. The holiday serves to celebrate the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the 1920s. 💁‍♀️

Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion of a 2020 decision protecting LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination that the landmark ruling does not apply to school policies on transgender youths' use of bathrooms and locker rooms. Nonetheless, lower courts have ruled in... https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/courts-rule-in-favor-of-transgender-students-citing-supreme-courts-lgbtq-discrimination-ruling

Indiana Republican Party Chairman Kyle Hupfer on Friday is stepping down after more than six years in the post, the party announced Friday. In a press release, the party said Hupfer informed the Indiana Republican State Committee of his intention to leave ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/indiana-republican-party-chairman-kyle-hupfer-stepping-down

A coalition of booksellers, authors and a think tank wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon over its alleged monopoly of the bookselling industry. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/booksellers-call-for-ftc-to-probe-amazon

Statewide, 81.9 percent of the 82,000 third graders at public and private schools passed the 2023 Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination – or IREAD-3. Nearly 15,000 students did not pass. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/database-iread-3-reading-proficiency-exam-pass-rates-for-indiana-schools

People of the past brought their creepy A-game to Halloween. From looking at these nightmare-inducing photos, one thing's certain: our ancestors were obsessed with huge heads, pillowcases, and general creepiness. https://ourcommunitynow.com/local-culture/vintage-halloween-costumes-that-will-haunt-you-forever

Hawaii officials urged tourists to avoid traveling to Maui as many hotels prepared to house evacuees and first responders on the island that faces a long recovery from the wildfire that demolished a historic town and killed more than 90 people. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/tourists-are-urged-to-avoid-maui-as-hotels-prepare-to-take-in-evacuees-and-first-responders

The New York Liberty (23-6) hope to continue a five-game winning streak when they visit the Indiana Fever (8-22) at 3:00 PM ET on Sunday, August 13, 2023 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The contest airs https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/new-york-liberty-vs-indiana-fever-betting-trends-spread-and-players-to-watch-august-13

A new pack of gray wolves has been confirmed at a site in Sequoia National Forest, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced on Friday. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/california-wildlife-officials-say-new-gray-wolf-pack-found-in-sequoia-national-forest

Indiana, a Midwestern state of U.S. has produced the fifth-highest number of NBA players per capita and is the leading U.S. state in terms of increase in manufacturing jobs since it has the second-largest automotive industry in the country. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/dangerous-cities-in-indiana-think-twice-before-relocating

Texas has now bussed more than 30,000 illegal immigrants from its state to sanctuary cities across the country, Gov. Greg Abbott announced, taking a victory lap on what has been the most effective GOP public relations effort against President Biden's border policies. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/texas-ships-30000th-migrant-to-blue-state-sanctuary-cities

Indiana football redshirt senior linebacker Aaron Casey was named to the Butkus Award Watch List Thursday afternoon, per a release from IU Athletics. The award, named after Hall of Fame Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus, honors the nation’s most impactful collegiate linebacker. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news/indiana-footballs-aaron-casey-named-to-butkus-award-watch-list