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Marion Superior Court last filed a mandate in 1992 to seek £;funds to hire enough public defenders to adequately represent criminal defendants.

curriculum. Charter schools are typically characterized by innovative courses and small class sizes.

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In Indiana, there are many supporters: the mayor of Indianapolis, the state Teachers Association, the Chamber of Commerce and groups representing school boards and superintendents.

calls by 87 percent since Sept. 18 and reduced pending orders for new telephone lines by SS percent. The company also says it’s repairing out-of-service telephones within 24 hours throughout the state and installing new lines within an average of 48 hours.

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the holidays, Indianapolis Post- %> master Michael Lambome ’•advises customers to mail early, v lAlthough we have taken extra

State regulators scrutinize

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of improved service

Z'volume, we are asking customers to mail early to avoid a backup of mail the last days before

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State utility regulators say it could take them up to two weeks to determine if Ameritech Indiana has met the strict conditions of a state-

U.S. Postal Service customers . will bring 20 billion mailpieces to . post offices during the holiday . season, from November 24 . through December 31. , Postmaster Lambome said that . customers can help speed post ; office transactions by providing :>retail clerks with full information _.on packages, such as requirements for insurance, delivery : confirmation and desired time for package arrival.

imposed deadline to improve its telephone service. The company filed reports with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission documenting its progress reducing its backlog of repair and installation orders. The commission is now reviewing thos6 reports to determine if the company’s claims are true. Ameritech told regulators on that it has slashed a backlog of repair

Little Red Door Cancer Agency was the recipient of the Greater Indianapolis NAACP’s Community Service Award at its recent Annual Life Membership Dinner. Given in recognition of Little Red Door and its Minority Cancer Awareness Coalition’s partnership with the NAACP to organize breast and prostate cancer screenings benefiting the African-American community, the award honored the agency ’ s commitment to the Indianapolis community in the area of cancer prevention and education. Little Red Door’s Minority Cancer Awareness Coalition was

founded in 1990 and is dedicated to reducing the rate of cancer incidence and cancer-related deaths among minorities.

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Same 'disagreements await new push for charter schools '' When Indiana lawmakers reconvene in January, they will try for the seventh time to pass legislation creating charter ' schools _ and they will face the 1 same roadblocks as in the past. ' Thirty-seven states and the , 'District of Columbia have charter ' schools. But Indiana lawmakers, tugged and pulled by special ; interest groups with different ‘I agendas, can’t come to an agree- ‘ ment over control. MdSf Miiditor^ believe 1 iiHarter ! 1 schools are the most iftndv'&fiv^' ' because they are exempt from cumbersome state laws. Deperid- , ing on the state law, parents, a . group of teachers, businesses or the school district may create the schools and create their own

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