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The Mayans were right when they predicted the world would end in 2012. It was just a select world: the GOP universe of arrogant, uptight, entitled, bossy, retrogressive white guys.
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The Mayans were right when they predicted the world would end in 2012. It was just a select world: the GOP universe of arrogant, uptight, entitled, bossy, retrogressive white guys.
The priority for Congress as it convenes in a lame-duck session is to reach an agreement that averts a fiscal crisis. To accomplish that goal, it may also be necessary to agree on major changes to three arcane procedures that govern the House and Senate.
One thing is clear in the troubling weeks following the loss of a Republican U.S. Senate seat in Indiana: Chris Chocola will not give up easily in his quest for ideological purity.
By all accounts, Glenda Ritz has a daunting challenge as the next superintendent of public instruction. Across a state that has been at the forefront of the so-called education reform movement, recent legislation has incensed and motivated teachers in profound ways.
For the political among us, 2012 was solely focused on the election. From the early days in January with the Iowa caucuses to the ongoing transitions at the state and federal levels, the year was packed with action.
Single-parent families are at a significant economic disadvantage, and more black children in Indiana (42 percent) are living in poverty than are nationally (36 percent).
When Interstate 64 came to my hometown, I was too young to appreciate what an amazing engineering feat it was. To me, the construction zone was a wonderland of big trucks and other exotic-looking equipment.
Indiana seems to be experiencing a fresh outbreak of reefer madness.
Just north of the revived City Market, along the Alabama Street stretch of the Cultural Trail, stands a vacant landmark that has resisted redevelopment for almost a decade—the old City Hall.
Legacy can be a tricky word. Most leaders are interested in the legacy they will leave when their term ends or they step down from running an organization or entity; others, you could say, probably border on obsessed. Politicians, my reading of history has educated me, fall mostly into the obsessed category.
While the Republican brand in some quarters may be a bit tarnished these days, there is no doubting what it represents—the idea that we should have smaller government at all levels, and that government should stay out of our personal lives at least so far as taxation and guns are concerned.
Battle lines for the next General Assembly are evident already.
Here are six words I never imagined stringing together: I’m going to miss Mitch Daniels.
Mitch Daniels will leave the governor’s mansion to a chorus of hurrahs from budget-balancers, conservative pundits and the Republican Party, which wishes—now even more than before—that he had run for president. But what can other Midwestern states learn from the Daniels era?
Mitch Daniels had 48 former governors as role models when he took his oath of office. Now we can decide how he stands among them.
WellPoint Inc. is sticking with a 2012 earnings forecast that it had cut in July, and the nation's second-largest health insurer said it expects next year's earnings to be on par with this year's performance.
The National Fair Housing Alliance alleges in a lawsuit that four of the local apartment developer’s properties violate Fair Housing Act accessibility requirements.
The pledge from the provider of online consumer reviews came as part of a larger announcement Tuesday, in which nine companies operating within the state said they will add a total of 2,550 jobs by 2018.
Noblesville police arrested a man late Tuesday night after he reportedly stabbed two other men. Corey L. Smith, 24, of Noblesville, was charged with battery with a deadly weapon. Steve W. Everett, 38, and David W. Forbush, 42, both from Noblesville, were treated for stab wounds at Riverview Hospital and released. Smith also was treated for knife wounds. Police are investigating the incident and may file additional charges.
Indianapolis police fatally shot a burglary suspect in a home on the city's northeast side Monday night. Residents arrived home to their house near East 38th Street and Arlington Avenue about 7:30 p.m., discovered someone had broken in and called police. Police found the suspect in the basement of the home and shot him when he reached for his waistband, they said. Officers Christopher Wilburn and Erik Keys were placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated.