Google Indy 500 and police escorts and you will find tour promoters selling VIP packages for hundreds of dollars, even thousands, that include police escorts to the track. The city police, who work for all of us, shouldn’t be required to give escorts to a chosen few.
There’s no question we are in a political black hole. But if every politician praising the late Sens. Dick Lugar and Birch Bayh this week would pay more than lip service to their example, there would be light at the end of our tunnel.
In the end, there were good things that happened during the 2019 legislative session, and things that are good because they didn’t happen. But there also is too much money unspent and too many needs unmet.
You’d think that being made a mockery of on a global scale would convince the Legislature to outlaw this ridiculous practice. But then you’d be underestimating our Legislature.
No one from the public got a chance to directly and publicly tell lawmakers whether the newest hate crimes wording makes them feel more welcome and safer in Indiana.
IBJ’s Lindsey Erdody, The Journal Gazette’s Niki Kelly and TheStatehouseFile.com columnist Mary Beth Schneider talk about which issues are moving forward and which ones are fading away.
Actions by Senate Republicans make you wonder: What are those lawmakers comfortable saying in private that they wouldn’t say in public on Tuesday?
The morning after Trump’s speech, I asked Lugar if he felt the world is, still, safer. Ever the diplomat, he said yes, citing our strong military. But he also spoke of the threat growing on Trump’s watch of another arms race.
A proposal by a Democratic lawmaker to create a voluntary paid-family leave insurance program has a Republican co-sponsor this year—and maybe a chance to become law.
To so many women, the last couple weeks felt like another losing battle in a lifelong war to be believed and respected.
I appreciate the need for decent, competent people to stay in the Trump administration.
For his first 18 months, he was seemingly more comfortable trying to build accord behind the scenes.
At its best, the social media site lets you share news at the speed of light, making it a favorite of journalists and politicians. At its worst, it lets you share at the speed of light the stupidest, meanest thought that ever entered your head.
The primary fight was a race more for sycophant than senator. What a shame.
I learned I had to ask for help, and that it would be there when I did.
The system of keeping serious debate behind closed doors ‘whitewashes issues and denies the public the right to hear deliberations.’
There is another, more important loser: Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and his agenda.
There’s been a stark double standard when it comes to consequences for this long-delayed reckoning.
It would be a step in the right direction for more women to be in positions of political and business strength, leading as editors, executives and officeholders.
Being compelled to perform and conform to what most people think is proper behavior debases what the anthem and flag stand for.
