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If you were sent packing or otherwise hit by this Purdue memo today, DM is open.

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A scary moment: a man with a gun was detained briefly after a confrontation with people at the rally. LPD says man was released shortly after, saying police determined the man was punched and didn’t point the gun at anyone but had it to defend himself.

If you have video, share…

[Dr. Jeff Butts @WayneTwpSuper]

Congratulations @Kathy_Nimmer on your upcoming retirement!! An Indiana Teacher of the Year’s closing argument. A Q&A, by @davebangert https://t.co/0SAzg0jwef

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

Lafayette police confirm one man is dead, three others wounded, in a shooting at a laundromat at 3100 South St. tonight.

Info about a suspect wasn't immediately available. South Street closed between 31st Street and Earl Avenue. 1/

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

Polls are open, now through 6 p.m.

A Last-Minute Voter Guide: Ballots. Candidate Q&As. Where to vote. Rides to the polls. And then some. https://t.co/wen87xvtQw

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

Four more hours of early voting available in Tippecanoe County, Monday morning. Ahead of that ...

A Voter Guide: Where to vote, your ballot, local candidate Q&As, rides to polls. https://t.co/FWJSaIz2aJ

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

Update on this: As of Thursday, 34K+ had voted in Tippecanoe County, elex office says. That's 28.5% turnout, so far, with lines again today.

Up 31% over 2016, the last non-COVID presidential early voting cycle.

Here's where to vote today ...

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

Incoming!

Purdue Pres Mung Chiang sends a note today that expectations of keeping freshman classes lower than recent years went "beyond all historical 'yield rate' expectation." Result: 1,600 more than Purdue expected. Scramble for beds is on

More later: https://t.co/5PiEXnSZd1

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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita sends a letter to West Lafayette and three other cities over policies that cut too close to sanctuary cities for immigration. 1/

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

Overflow crowd expected Monday for vote on proposed Tippecanoe County restrictions aimed at slowing/stopping the LEAP pipeline.

Plus, Evonik confirms well tests along the Wabash, working with IEDC upstream from test drilling near Granville Bridge.
https://t.co/G6T1IRs6RE

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

Lebanon Mayor Matt Gentry understands he's a considered a heel in Tippecanoe Co. But he isn’t shy about touting a controversial pipeline plan to feed water to the LEAP district and calling out what he thinks is politically motivated opposition.

A Q&A. https://t.co/TtQkL5lMWL

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

Rozzi said that was laid out in filings in past two weeks, saying they’d been zealous in defense, not negligent.

Rozzi: “We’re on a different page on what happened.”

Indiana Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on Gull’s decision. Here’s background. https://t.co/wDTBszuJit

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LPD says in a release that the victim's name will be released later by the county coroner. 2/

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

Lafayette police report they arrested Wallace Smith III, 43, Lafayette, as a suspect in the killing of a man found shot in a car in the 1100 block of N. 12th St at 1:16 am today. Per LPD: "investigators ... believe there was an altercation between the victim and Smith III." 1/

[Dave Bangert @davebangert]

And in other Delphi news: The town breaks ground on The Interurban, a hard-won housing development near downtown and the first in Delphi in a half-century.

Mayor Anita Werling: “It’s amazing what can happen when you’re open to it.”

Story: https://t.co/bSjl3QQsmb

[Margaret Brennan @margbrennan]

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[Indiana Capital Chronicle @INCapChronicle]

Inaugural report find Hoosier girls are struggling.

https://t.co/hSybg3cnnu

[Steve Tally @SteveTally]

Indiana makes CNBC’s list of ten worst states to live and work in—thanks @indgop supermajority! https://t.co/tv69IwU3GL