Brad Rateike: To preserve maximum influence, stay in the boat February 20, 2026 | Brad Rateike Your ability to influence where the boat goes largely depends on whether you’re still on it.
Rep. Doug Miller: Local communities must help lower housing costs February 20, 2026 | Rep. Doug Miller Rolling back regulations will help more Hoosiers and families achieve the American dream.
Mayor Sue Finkam: Bill impacts city’s ability to control land use, costs February 20, 2026 | Sue Finkam We’re also concerned about the possibility of inviting congestion onto city streets.
Mayor Scott Fadness: HB 1001 degrades rights of current residents February 20, 2026 | Scott Fadness It preempts communities from having a say in how, and at what pace, they want to grow.
Todd Huston: Regulations have driven up cost of homeownership February 20, 2026 | Rep. Todd Huston House Bill 1001 is the next step to unleash the housing market.
Nathan Gotsch: Beware assuming anything in Indiana politics February 20, 2026 | Nathan Gotsch Establishment candidates in this era must work twice as hard.
George Gemelas: The state of nuclear power in Indiana: One year in February 20, 2026 | George Gemelas The crown jewel was scoring an actual new nuclear startup.
Star Parker: Voting should be treated as a special privilege February 20, 2026 | Star Parker Isn’t the point that freedom is not free?
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Voting rules could disenfranchise women, elderly February 20, 2026 | Karen Celestino-Horseman The Save America Act is a solution to a barely existent problem.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Independence requires civic engagement, so get busy February 20, 2026 | Claire Fiddian-Green Our country’s founders believed that a republic couldn’t work without engaged citizens.
Deborah Daniels: Law enforcement must build trust to be effective February 20, 2026 | Deborah Daniels ICE agents have proved themselves to be heavily armed bullies.
Pierre M. Atlas: Congress has dodged doing its job on immigration February 20, 2026 | Pierre Atlas It seems Congress has prioritized partisan point-scoring over working together.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier: It’s hard to argue with kids delaying adult behaviors February 20, 2026 | Jennifer Wagner Chartier/ Special to IBJ They just might not be like us. And that’s OK.
Dana Black: Trump serves up historically odious racist trope February 20, 2026 | Dana Black But let us be clear: Trump posting that racist image was done to distract us.
Jim Shella: Trump’s redistricting stratagem could backfire February 20, 2026 | Jim Shella / Special to IBJ “Virginia and Maryland still have redistricting efforts pending.”
Dr. Richard Feldman: Trump isolating U.S. from world health system February 20, 2026 | Dr. Richard Feldman We will lose our role as the major influencer in international health policy.
Curt Smith: Fighting blood cancer is easier with a group effort February 20, 2026 | Curt Smith / Special to IBJ More people suffer from this malady than you might guess.
Bill Taft: Don’t stifle charter schools’ ability to innovate February 20, 2026 | Bill Taft Three schools show how the decentralized nature of charter schools frees them to address a wide variety of contexts.
Derek Schultz: Former Carmel High School star does it all for Miami of Ohio, which has started 26-0 February 20, 2026 | Derek Schultz The mid-major darling has already become the story of the sport this year.
