The Valparaiso chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police is asking Valparaiso City Council President Robert Cotton to step aside from that leadership role because of a comment he made on his Facebook page in the aftermath of a fatal police-involved shooting on April 25. Cotton, D-2nd, said the comment was a reflection of the image he had of the shooting from an eye-witness account and he in no .
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State Rep. Ed Soliday is proposing a bill to change the makeup of the Valparaiso School Board from fully appointed to hybrid, with two elected candidates representing unincorporated Center Township, for what he calls equity of representation. “I’ve had a bill drafted for probably 10 years,” Soliday said. “Valparaiso schools are unique in that 40.25% of the students live outside the city .