With no notice and no public input, Indiana lawmakers shut down a rural school district

Days after Indiana lawmakers quietly approved the closure of Union School Corporation, more than 150 people — including Stephanie Ward — turned out at the Randolph County Fairgrounds to demand answers from their state representative.

Ward wanted to know why the decision, tucked into a sweeping property tax reform bill with little public notice, came as a surprise to nearly everyone except the lawmaker who wrote it — Rep. J.D. Prescott (R-Union City).