Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council will meet June 10.

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council meets May 13.

Legislature meets into the night to complete its work

INDIANAPOLIS | Following four months of proposing, reviewing, bargaining, deal-making and voting, state lawmakers settled on final versions of legislation Friday for most of the remaining issues of the 2013 session of the Indiana General Assembly.

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council will meet at 7 p.m.

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council will meet April 8.

House panel OKs plan to strip funds from Porter Co. auditor

INDIANAPOLIS | Porter County Auditor Bob Wichlinski would lose access to nearly all the money generated by his crackdown on homestead tax credit abusers under legislation approved by a House committee Thursday.

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council meets March 11.

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council will meet Feb. 11.

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council meets Jan. 28

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council meets Jan. 14.

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council meets Dec. 17.

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council meets Dec. 17.

Valparaiso City Council

Valparaiso City Council meets Nov. 26.

Petition nearly complete for elected school board in Valpo

VALPARAISO | Kevin Cornett said he and others have just about collected the 3,200 signatures needed to advance their effort to transform the Valparaiso Community School Board from an appointed to an elected body.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Sign petition to support elected Valpo School Board

Of the 293 school corporations in Indiana, 281 have elected school boards. Of the remaining 12 districts, Valparaiso Community Schools is the largest with an appointed board.

EDITORIAL: Council joins push for elected board

As East Chicago prepares for its first school board election, the Porter County Council has added its voice in support of requiring an elected, rather than appointed, Valparaiso School Board. It's a good call.

Two from region retained as trustees in higher education

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels has reappointed a Merrillville man and a Valparaiso woman as trustees of an Indiana university and college.

EDITORIAL: Let public pick Valpo school board members

Candidates for the Valparaiso School Board seeking appointment by the Valparaiso City Council said last week that having to face the voters might discourage them from running for that office. While that's interesting, it isn't a valid argument against an elected school board.