Jennifer Wagner Chartier: In Indianapolis, local news is alive like never before
All of this is a very good thing for democracy, which operates best when it operates in the sunlight.
All of this is a very good thing for democracy, which operates best when it operates in the sunlight.
It’s not a huge surprise that, unless there’s a hot topic on the agenda, most public meeting rooms are either empty or filled with people who get paid to be there.
How do we explain to the next generation of voters that it wasn’t always like this, and it doesn’t have to be this way?
There is a certain level of machine-like consistency that accompanies longevity.
Politics has long run on fear and anger, but it’s hard to ignore how much hotter that rage fire burns in the age of social media and widespread misinformation and disinformation campaigns.
Growing up during the ‘war on drugs,’ I was firmly convinced that just one breath of weed smoke would have me hooked on cocaine the rest of my life.
Politics is serious, but humor done well can be far more memorable than constant negativity.
Skyrocketing housing prices and the increasing ability to work from anywhere appear to be the main roots of the trend.
By selling directly to consumers, Tesla streamlines its sales process and saves money on franchise fees and dealer markups.
In a recent ranking of 100 suburbs, Carmel, Fishers and Noblesville were rated three out of the top five safest communities in the nation.
Shifting to later start times isn’t just good for the kids; it’s good for grownups, too.
The slating process ultimately ended because a handful of aspiring candidates grew weary of being told to wait their turn.
The cyclical nature of political advocacy … makes it easy to forget that life under the dome is not always the most approachable experience.
Overlooking or underestimating Gen Z voters would be a critical mistake for any campaign or candidate.
Are there circumstances that cause an issue to jump from something … in the background to something that’s having its moment?
So we have no choice but to look at the 2024 Republican field (announced and anticipated) for some glimmer of hope that our state might have decent, levelheaded leadership for the next four years—and the foreseeable future.
A whole lot of things had to go wrong for us to need the Respect for Marriage Act in the first place, but it turned out that dignity and respect are not partisan values.
The role of the party is not to come in with a heavy hand demanding absolute compliance on every single issue.
It’s easy to fall into the narrative that people don’t run for office because it’s expensive … the reasons people don’t run are a lot more nuanced.
Reporters and newsroom staff today are being asked to carry the same workload three or four folks might have carried back in the late 1990s or early 2000s.