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WAGNER: Why the undecideds seem indecisive

I’ll bet you’re not an undecided voter. How do I know? Because you’re reading this opinion piece in this political publication that resides within a larger publication that’s focused on a narrow set of issues. In other words, you’re engaged.

FARGO: Too many politicians dodge the public

In Monroe County, the League of Women Voters has been having trouble with its candidate forums for local and state races. Some of the candidates refuse to take part.

BECK: Reasons why debates still matter

In the days leading up to the election, there are countless opportunities to learn about the candidates who are running for elected office. With Election Day just weeks away, chances are you are getting bombarded by campaign paraphernalia in the mailbox, on television and radio, the Internet and in your neighbor’s front yard.

HOWEY: Super PACs will likely lead to corruption

Last summer, when the conservative Americans for Prosperity dumped $700,000 into Indiana on a TV ad attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Donnelly, I posted a story on the Howey Politics Indiana website talking about how the Super PAC was running the ad “on behalf” of Republican Senate nominee Richard Mourdock.

DELANEY: Family impact statements would be waste of money

The state could direct $10 million to reducing childhood poverty and require that “family impact statements” be devised as to proposed regulations. The result would be that poverty would be alleviated by the $10 million minus the cost of the impact statements and the cost of the inevitable litigation about them.

Steak n Shake opening in United Arab Emirates

The Indianapolis-based restaurant chain struck a deal to open 40 locations starting next year in the Middle Eastern country, its first venture outside the United States.

Indiana early voting period off to strong start

More voters cast early ballots Monday in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne than during the first day of early in-person voting in those cities in 2008, election officials said. Tuesday was just as busy at their offices.

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Fatal morning crash closes I-65

One person died in an accident on northbound Interstate 65 early Tuesday, closing the highway while crews cleared the wreckage. Travel lanes had reopened by the start of morning rush hour. The single-car crash, which involved a commercial vehicle, occurred about 4:30 a.m. near Whiteland. Johnson County Sheriff Doug Cox said the driver of a semi following the vehicle may have recorded the accident using an onboard video camera. According to the witness, the motorist was driving erratically on I-65, hit the left shoulder, over-corrected off the right shoulder and flipped the vehicle multiple times. The driver was ejected. Cox said alcohol and drugs were not suspected in the crash.

Police: Man killed 2, then himself

Investigators believe a Middletown man fatally shot his ex-wife and a male companion at her rural central Indiana home Tuesday morning before killing himself. Indiana State Police say officers were called to the home in rural Henry County about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. There, they discovered resident Ruth Webb, 38, and Robert Morrow, 42, dead from apparent gunshot wounds. About six hours later, police found a van parked a couple miles away with 39-year-old Johnny Webb of Middletown dead inside. Officials said it appears Johnny Webb killed himself after shooting his ex-wife and Morrow.

Members sue consumer ratings site Angie’s List over fees

A federal lawsuit seeking class-action status alleges that Angie’s List automatically renews members' subscriptions at a higher rate than they’re led to believe, under what it calls a “systematic and repeated breach of its membership agreement.”

Deal clears hurdle to demolish 1920s theater

The St. Joseph County Public Library owns the boarded-up Avon Theater, and library officials want to demolish it and two other vacant buildings to clear room for more parking and a future expansion project.