Rep. Ed DeLaney: GOPers break with capitalism, ethics and competence
We are seeing repeated failures to project both revenue and expenses.
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Rep. Ed DeLaney: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
As a legislator, especially one in the minority, you get exposed to the power of fear.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Tax incentives for data farms growing like weeds
We really have no solid idea of how much tax revenue we will forgo.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Big budget-busting bills become law, will hurt state
Why is there no sense of urgency in our Legislature?
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Why am I wearing my Harvard hat? I’m a proud grad.
The White House is doing enormous short-term damage to our universities through its attacks on research and on foreign students.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: University faculty put in their places. But by whom?
Indiana had a chance to double-down on support for study and research.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Creating little red school districts in Indiana
We are moving backward on two fronts.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Trump, Indiana Republicans are dealing with amnesia
We are forgetting why we have federalism and how it must work.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: We owe our taxpayers more than pies in a future sky
What the 2025 General Assembly is effectively doing is legislating on behalf of its-as-yet unelected 2030 members.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Can we do two things at once to boost homeownership?
If the state forces a reduction in the property taxes imposed solely by local governments, the state needs to make up for that revenue.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Helping the greatest among us: Vouchers for all
This game hurts the very individuals and communities that most need help.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: The Legislature’s version of the vow of poverty
Those most in need of public services get to make do with less.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Republicans have double-faulted education finance
Let us not assume that more is being spent on education in total.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Our elected officials are playing mission creep
It is hard to say who is worse: State Treasurer Dan Elliott or Attorney General Todd Rokita.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Braun’s tax proposal puts schools, others in peril
The economic lever that Daniels used was reducing the reliance of schools on local property tax by sending increased state dollars to the school systems.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Note to IEDC: Remember to look before you LEAP
The LEAP project takes the ever-growing idea of using public funds to spur private investment to a whole new scale.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Charter school trifecta: Examples expose failure
We have created a “school choice market.” A freewheeling market.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Let’s fall back on principles, goals in protests
Each student demonstrator owes it to himself or herself and to society not to allow honest views to be confused with antisemitism or support for violence.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Indiana is awash in Republican rants
He and the public are entitled to know what these candidates would do if elected in November.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Overreach: The death of Indiana Republican values
Supporters of the Indiana brand of Republicanism used to pride themselves on fiscal discipline. That day is behind us.