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DAVIS: Building momentum on the near-east side

Indianapolis Public Schools and the community centers and ministries of the near-east side came together to apply for a Promise Neighborhood grant—committing to organize supports for students and families around schools in order to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of all children.

DOWD: Neocons slither back onto political stage

Paul Ryan has not sauteed in foreign policy in his years on Capitol Hill. The 42-year-old congressman is no Middle East savant; till now, his idea of a border dispute has more likely involved Wisconsin and Illinois.

EARLY: We could have watered our lawns

Water is a valuable commodity. Wars have been fought over water rights. This summer’s drought certainly made people here in Indiana become water conscious. Geist and Morse reservoirs were both being tested before we finally got relief.

ODLE: The changing face of homelessness

Most would probably agree that a stereotypical picture of homelessness exists. Many think of people dealing with alcohol or drug-dependency issues, dangerous deadbeats and the mentally ill. These stereotypes lead to misconceptions, whereby people don’t feel responsibility toward helping address and end this sad and unnecessary issue.

BOEHM: Tread cautiously through this study

You may have seen recent news reports discussing a Ball State University study of how the total tax burden in this state varies for different industries and forms of organization. The takeaway is that there are multiple “inequities” in Indiana’s tax structure.

SHELLA: Lugar plots next chapter in storied career

Richard Lugar is leaving the Senate, yet the Republican who lost the May primary election to Richard Mourdock still intends to continue some of the work that defined his life as a lawmaker. Lugar spelled out his plans for the first time in a recent speech to the Contemporary Club of Indianapolis at a dinner staged to honor his more than four decades of service as school board member, mayor and six-term U.S. senator.

LEIGHTY: Donnelly hurting economy enough

Joe Donnelly needs a lesson in economics. Donnelly’s campaign advertisements say he’s “about jobs and balanced budgets,” but throughout Donnelly’s time in Congress, the public debt has increased $7.3 billion and every American citizen’s individual share of the debt is now $51,823. He voted to increase the debt ceiling five times. In Donnelly’s last two terms alone, net private-sector jobs have decreased a half million.

SOUDER: Larger point overlooked in Senate race

The trick that is easy to play on the average person is to imply that Washington is like your experience in most life situations in a business, church or even city or state government, which tends to be solution-oriented as opposed to establishing the ideological framework and laws for all private business and increasingly all governmental standards.

WINSTON: Indiana will contribute to Obama victory

On Nov. 6, all eyes will be on several battleground states. Unfortunately, the pundits will miss one of the most important states that will contribute to an Obama victory—Indiana. While some will debate whether the president will win Indiana (I still contend that he can), keep in mind that several Indiana-related items will play a role in the fall campaign and will have an impact in other parts of the country.

MARCUS: Candidates silent on grave projections

In the decade of the Great Depression, the 1930s, the population of Indiana grew 5.8 percent. Later, in the 1970s, a decade of great economic turmoil, the state’s population advanced 5.7 percent. The 1980s saw a strong recession and a subsequent restructuring of American business; Indiana’s population grew a mere 1 percent.

BOHANON: Rating the candidates for governor

The outgoing Daniels administration takes great pride in its fiscal probity and not without justification—the state’s budget is in surplus, its credit rating is better than the U.S. governments’, and business taxes have been reduced.

VAUGHN: Stop the campaign money shell game

While it is easy to see the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Citizens United case, since corporate-sponsored political ads have dominated our airwaves for months, it is much more difficult for voters to determine exactly who is paying for these ads.

Body in burnt apartment identified

A body found in a burned apartment earlier this month on the west side of Indianapolis has been identified by the Marion County coroner’s office as 47-year-old Darrin Anderson. The body was found in the Abney Lake apartment Sept. 5, a month after Anderson went missing. The apartment, which belonged to Anderson’s girlfriend, had been vacant since a fire occurred about the time he disappeared. A cause of death was not determined.

Police search for north-side shooter

Indianapolis police are searching for a suspect following a fatal shooting Monday night on the city's north side. The incident happened in the 3500 block of North Illinois Street just before 9 p.m. The victim is a 53-year-old man.

New Allisonville bridge open for traffic

The new Allisonville Road bridge over Interstate 465 on the north side of Indianapolis has officially opened to traffic. Additional temporary lane restrictions are expected for about another month as Walsh Construction finishes work on the $19 million interchange project. Once all lanes are open, the new bridge will have three through lanes and two left-turn lanes in each direction. The bridge also will have bike lanes and sidewalks for non-motorized traffic.

Paving signals progress as I-69 creeps north

Paving on both northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 69 from Evansville to the U.S. 231 interchange in southern Greene County is nearly completed.

Judge throws out Indiana teacher contract forms

A judge has ruled that a standard teacher contract form that would have allowed Indiana school districts to change the hours or days that teachers work without adjusting their pay is illegal.

If fans tune out, NFL will settle with referees quickly

After the game-ending controversy on Monday Night Football, many in the media think the NFL must act now to settle its labor dispute with its game referees. But it doesn't matter what the media thinks. It only matters what the fans think, and do.

IndyCar may return open-wheel racing to Pocono

The 2013 IndyCar Series schedule could include a date at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., a traditional NASCAR stronghold that hasn’t hosted an open-wheel race in 23 years.