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WINAMAC – The Eastern Pulaski Community School Board entered into a “memorandum of understanding” with its teachers’ association last week to extend the Reduction in Staff timeline to June 6.

The timeline was moved from May 1 to the last teacher day of the school year (June 6) due to the uncertainty at the state level of budget cuts and financing, according to Supt. Dr. Robert Klitzman. He explained the original timeline was a barrier to making a good decision on the possible need for staff cuts.

Cites need for “better balance” of spending cuts that doesn’t hurt middle class families. seniors

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Joe Donnelly voted Friday (April 15) against the Republican budget offered by Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

“Spending cuts are necessary, but the Ryan budget would do so at the expense of the most vulnerable Americans,” said Donnelly. “This budget would turn Medicare into a voucher program, significantly increasing health care costs for seniors. This budget would also cut the maximum Pell Grant by over $2,500—down to the lowest level since 1998—severely hurting students’ ability to access higher education. Further, this budget would dangerously undermine the Medicaid program that provides healthcare to poor and disabled Americans. For these and many other reasons, this budget is unacceptable.

Pulaski County will remain in the Second Congressional District, if proposed new maps for Indiana’s nine congressional districts are approved by the Indiana General Assembly before it adjourns this month. The Second District is represented by Joe Donnelly, D-Granger.

Republicans, who control the statehouse, released this week (April 11) their proposed redistricting maps for the congressional districts and 150 state legislative districts. The Congressional map puts all of Elkhart County and much of Kosciusko County, both heavily Republican, into the Second Congressional district and removes part of Democratic-leaning LaPorte County and all of Kokomo.