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It Takes A Village Town Hall

Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026   7-9 PM

Due to inclement weather, Saturday’s in-person town hall will now be held virtually via Zoom to ensure everyone’s safety.

📅 Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026
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Time: 7:00pm ET
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Format: Live Zoom webinar

All planned speakers and programming will proceed as scheduled, with time reserved for public Q&A.

👉 Register / Join here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2K4OOXABQb-AEfxWNK78aQ

We appreciate your flexibility and look forward to a strong, accessible conversation tomorrow evening.

Stay safe

 

How will Monroe County respond to the
coming funding cuts?

 

Join us as our state officials explain how fiscal responsibilities have been shifted to the local level from both the federal and state legislatures.

Hear from a panel of city & county officials as well as managers of community resources as they anticipate this funding change for food, healthcare, safety, housing, and education.  

 

Bring your questions.

SEA 1 (SB1 2025)

Impact: Businesses win; households lose one way or another; renters really lose.

According to Ball State economist Michael Hicks, “The income tax increases are delayed a year, so we will have a year of tax cuts and service cuts before we start seeing schools, counties and cities scrambling to plug budget holes.  The tax cuts take an awful lot out of local government and expose an awful lot of taxpayers to potentially paying a much higher income tax.”   Also, according to Hicks, “Since the SB1 tax cuts are the broadest and largest business tax cuts

in state history, most local governments will need to maximize . . .income tax.”