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MUTZ: Small communities aren’t destined to decay
Although many planners and economists say some communities are a lost cause, local determination and leadership can make a difference.
MAHERN: Democrats go nuclear to defend township
It must be understood that Democrats even implying that other Democrats are racist is much worse than Republicans calling one another socialist.
STYRING: This sergeant at arms would bust chops
[The sergeant at arms] might request the assistance of a police officer in making the arrest, but he would be the official arresting officer, acting in the name of the House.
HOWEY: Bosma oversees calm, compelling change
A younger Bosma during an earlier stint as speaker might have responded with acid rhetoric and ultimatums.
FERGUSON: Take redistricting away from the politicians
Safe districts essentially decide elections and take the power out of the hands of voters today and for the next 10 years.
SOWELL: Not all ‘education’ should be taken seriously
There are too many other soft courses that allow students to spend years in college without becoming educated in any real sense.
BANTZ: What works in education and what doesn’t
We must develop a standard assessment instrument for kindergarten readiness and close the gaps in cognitive development that inhibit school performance.
MYERS: Our long conversation about race isn’t over
“Minority” is rapidly evolving to “majority,” and that makes a lot of people uncomfortable.
SWAYZE: Lugar has strayed; it’s time to replace him
I never dreamed I’d compare Lugar with moderate Democrats, but his record speaks for itself.
RUSTHOVEN: Mourdock’s irrational criticism of Lugar
If you’ve actually served in uniform—as Lugar has—giving those willing to fight and die for our country a path to citizenship isn’t what you call “amnesty” or “rewarding illegal immigrants.”
KRULL: Mourdock looms dwarfish alongside Lugar
Richard Lugar stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Robert Taft and Ted Kennedy.
SHEPHERD: Credit cards hurting too many businesses
Expensive personal credit undermines credit scores and ultimately the odds of more traditional lending.
Regional banks targeting midsize companies in Indiana
Improved economy, loosening credit standards are driving increased lending.
Credit unions gun for more traditional bank business
A push by credit unions for more leeway with small-business lending is fueling an old fight with their banking rivals.
Indiana Downs owner halts lawsuit amid bankruptcy
Cordish Cos., a real-estate developer trying to build a casino near Baltimore, must temporarily halt a defamation lawsuit against the chief executive officer of Shelbyville casino owner Indianapolis Downs LLC, a federal judge said Tuesday.
State assesses impact of Bloomington vote on I-69
Indiana highway officials are trying to sort out the impact of a Bloomington-area group's decision not to include a section of the $3 billion Interstate 69 extension in its local highway plan.
Ticket giveaway: ‘Avenue Q’ at the Phoenix Theatre
See the grown-up puppets-and-people musical in its regional theater premiere.
Man injured in home invasion
An east-side Indianapolis man was severely injured and robbed of $8,000 during a home invasion Monday night. Herbert “Junior” Wilson, 56, said he was beaten, handcuffed, blindfolded and pistol-whipped by at least three intruders until he told them the combination of his safe, which contained the $8,000 in money he’d been saving to buy his rented home on East Washington Street. Wilson said one of the men put a gun to his head, cocked it and pulled the trigger, then said “Good thing it was an empty chamber.”
Wilson was able to describe only one of the suspects.
Driver crashes, leaves hurt passenger behind
Indianapolis police are searching for a suspected drunk driver after he crashed an SUV early Wednesday morning, then ran away from the scene, leaving an injured passenger trapped inside the vehicle. The driver was heading north on Interstate 465 near 56th Street on the northwest side when he rolled the vehicle and crashed into a median. The passenger had to be cut from the SUV and was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.