Schools, health focus of governor race
The state’s gubernatorial candidates hit southwest Indiana on Tuesday to offer up campaign proposals on education and health care. Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels started first with a stop in Evansville, where he said he wants to move forward with a previous initiative to get more dollars into the classroom and out of administrative expenses.
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Herbster enters 7th District race
Republican Dan Herbster has announced he will run for the Indiana House of Representatives in the 7th District, facing an incumbent Democrat who, while finishing his first term in the state House, has years of name recognition in the county. Herbster, a 25-year-old South Bend resident, received a bachelor’s degree in social studies education from Bob Jones University in South Carolina. He was a student teacher in public and charter schools in South Carolina and worked as a teacher in Kenya and South Africa on mission trips.
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State Representative candidate
Andy Schemenaur, Democratic candidate for Indiana House District 33, Friday expressed concern regarding the recent manure spill that resulted in the death of thousands of fish in the Mississinewa River near Union City. Indiana Department of Natural Resources has counted about 10,000 dead fish and expects the number to possibly reach 40,000. The spill was caused by heavy rains that washed manure from a hog operation into a drainage tile into the river. The farm had recently applied 27,000 gallons of manure to a field near the river.
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Sam Turpin
