On this week’s episode of Policy & Politics with Dave Crooks, my guest is Mayor David Courtney of Lawrencevile, Illinois. A new cannabis dispensary is opening next month. Mayor Courtney discusses why its a good economic decision for his city of 4,000.

 

The Wabash Valley Resources has a proposed Fertilizer plant that will be located north of Terre Haute. Dave Crooks has former Attorney General and current Vice President of External Affairs for Wabash Valley Resources Greg Zoeller and former Union official with the Indiana Building Construction Trades Pete Rimsans.

On this Policy & Politics, Dave tackles topics about the community’s negative response to the proposition, how the community could be impacted by an issue or disaster at the plant, how many jobs the plant will supply, and what the possible misconceptions of the plant could be.

 
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On this Policy & Politics learn who has filed for most offices in our region for both the 2024 Democratic and Republican ballots and who our Leadership has found to run and replace 7 term Representative Larry Bucshon.

 
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On this Policy & Politics with Dave Crooks, should Indiana join Illinois, Michigan and other states who have made Cannabis legal? A Town Hall style meeting will be held in Washington, IN on Wednesday, October 11th, 7pm EDT at the National Guard Armory to discuss legalization. Our guests are organizing this meeting; Shelley Macdonald and Eric Walford.

 
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