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Hot-Button Issues: Chorus of Booze

Only one state prohibits the retail sale of packaged alcoholic beverages on Sunday while also allowing it to be served at bars, restaurants, and events. Spoiler alert: It’s us.
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Hot-Button Issues: Down on the Farm

The Hoosier livestock industry makes more than $2.5 billion a year and “has seen growth in almost every livestock sector.” But for a group that’s doing so well, animal-farmers sure seem defensive.

Higher Education—Q through T

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute, 812-877-1511, rose-hulman.edu. Enrollment: 2,388. Annual tuition: $40,449. Room and board: $12,057. Degrees offered: bachelor’s, master’s.

Speed Read: A New Arena Comes To IU Indy

An in-progress basketball arena will open up new possibilities for IU Indy and Jaguar athletics. The facility’s name, meanwhile, cements the legacy of an Indiana University trustee and alumnus who devoted his life to this city.

Private Schools—Catholic (East)

Holy Cross Central School 125 N. Oriental St., 317-638-9068. Grades: PK–8. Enrollment: 220. ISTEP+ percent passing E/LA and math: 57. Tuition based on financial need; information upon request.

Our Bullet-Point Guide To This Year’s Indy March Madness

Coordinating 67 games for 68 teams over 19 days is, in fact, as difficult as it sounds.
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Hot-Button Issues: Big Court Cases & Political Races

Crusader of the Year: U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett. No one made more big cases in the past year—and his savvy press people made sure we all heard about the exploits. The crime-fighter still has plenty of fish to fry.

Public Schools—Shelby County

Northwestern CSC, 4920 W. 600 N, Fairland, 317-835-7461. Enrollment: 1,445. ISTEP+ percent passing E/LA and math: 80.7.

IU Football’s Magical (So Far) Season; Indy’s Most Stylish Sportswear Startup

We're joined this week by sportswriter Dustin Dopirak and Homefield Apparel founders Connor and Christa Hitchcock.
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How Indiana's Fair Oaks Farms Inspires Kids To Join The Dwindling...

"If you’d have told people 20 years ago that you could make a living in the science of manure management, they would have laughed at you," says the Fair Oaks CEO. "Today, it’s a reality.”