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