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Jennifer Wagner Chartier: What should we do to increase voter turnout?

June 19, 2026
Jennifer Wagner Chartier/ Special to IBJ

Voters should demand more from candidates.

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Curt Smith: Federal bills would help prevent child exploitation

June 19, 2026
Curt Smith / Special to IBJ

Courts nationwide are already striking down similar efforts in other states, and Indiana’s laws may soon face federal challenges.

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Jeff Staker: It’s past time for Indiana to approve medical marijuana

June 19, 2026 | Jeff Staker

A federal reclassification means the law now recognizes the plant’s medical value.

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Vicki Becker and Jarrod Holtsclaw: Indiana shouldn’t fall for the myths of medical marijuana

June 19, 2026 | Vicki Becker and Jarrod Holtsclaw

In state after state, the burdens of legal cannabis outweigh the benefits.

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Sen. Mike Bohacek: I’ll ask Legislature to legalize medical marijuana

June 19, 2026 | Sen. Mike Bohacek

Indiana has two big things to gain from legalizing medical marijuana: medical relief for certain groups of Hoosiers and a new source of tax revenue for the state.

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Sen. Aaron Freeman: The disturbing negative effects of medical marijuana

June 19, 2026 | Sen. Aaron Freeman

When Hoosiers visit their doctor, they expect the medicine they are prescribed to help them.

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Pierre M. Atlas: Stop politicizing religious faith in the military

June 19, 2026 | Pierre Atlas

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has a record of animosity toward religious diversity in the military, openly favoring evangelical Protestantism.

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Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: There’s no reason to hate me because I’m Muslim

June 19, 2026 | Abdul-Hakim Shabazz

Our state’s second-in-command told Hoosiers it was time ‘to hate again,’ reached into the bag for an example and pulled out me.

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Karen Celestino-Horseman: Braun’s hateful celebration of ‘nuclear families’

June 19, 2026 | Karen Celestino-Horseman

Gov. Mike Braun wielded his proclamation like a cudgel as June is also Gay Pride Month.

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Deborah Daniels: The increasing price of winning at any cost

June 19, 2026 | Deborah Daniels

Both parties are running some seriously flawed candidates because they think those candidates can win in the fall.

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Rep. Ed DeLaney: Is Steve Buyer an honorable Hoosier congressman?

June 19, 2026 | Rep. Ed DeLaney / Special to IBJ

This month he received a federal pardon from President Donald Trump. Buyer then interrupted his celebrations to insult the Justice Department and the jury system.

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Lindsay Shipps Haake: It’s beyond time to fix Indianapolis’ infrastructure

June 19, 2026 | Lindsay Shipps Haake

Years of disrepair and deferred maintenance have positioned Indianapolis for a historic and urgent decision by our City-County Council.

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Amar Patel: The next challenge for Indy: helping people advance

June 19, 2026 | Amar Patel

Investment can flow into a region without necessarily changing the trajectory of the people who live there.

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Bill Taft: A renewed federal incentive for Indiana’s development

June 19, 2026 | Bill Taft

Opportunity Zones have attracted approximately $100 billion in qualifying equity investments over 5,600 low-income neighborhoods nationwide.

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Brad Rateike: Communication matters — and not just in politics

June 19, 2026 | Brad Rateike

If you’ve ever been married, you already know this.

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Jim Shella: The commencement speech I’d like to give

June 19, 2026 | Jim Shella / Special to IBJ

As Dirty Harry would say: “A man’s got to know his limitations.”

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George Gemelas: America, happy birthday! Sincerely, a young citizen.

June 19, 2026 | George Gemelas

I’m sorry that so many young people in the U.S. are down on you.

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Dr. Richard Feldman: Ebola exposes dangers of Trump’s world health approach

June 19, 2026 | Dr. Richard Feldman

Withdrawal isolates the United States and hinders communication with the international health community.

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Claire Fiddian-Green: How the science of reading helps Hoosier students

June 19, 2026 | Claire Fiddian-Green

Many blame the COVID-19 pandemic for lagging academic achievement at both the state and national levels.

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Brad Rateike: Seeing my brother in a new and commanding light

May 15, 2026 | Brad Rateike

In that moment, I realized I wasn’t just looking at my younger brother anymore. I was seeing a fully formed leader.

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George Gemelas: 3 exciting innovations to reimagine solar in Indiana

May 15, 2026 | George Gemelas

Let’s build solar canopies over parking lots.

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Claire Fiddian-Green: How Richard M. Fairbanks amplified the Indy 500

May 15, 2026 | Claire Fiddian-Green

Few individuals had a greater influence on turning the Indy 500 into a mass-audience spectacle than (broadcaster) Richard M. Fairbanks.

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