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Plan to change teacher pay, pensions passes after debate

A bill that would create a path for teachers to try to negotiate extra pay and manage their own pension funds passed the Indiana House on Wednesday despite passionate opposition from Democrats and others.

Senate approves road-improvement funding bill

The Indiana Senate has endorsed a proposal backed by Gov. Mike Pence that aims to boost highway funding by drawing down the state's cash reserves and borrowing money.

TOMES: More criminal violence raises need to carry guns

SB 259 would allow employees of the General Assembly to carry a handgun within the Statehouse and surrounding grounds if they possess a valid Indiana license to carry. It’s an important safety measure for those who work for the General Assembly.

Comcast loses fewest TV customers in eight years

Comcast, the largest cable company in Indiana and the nation, is trumpeting its best year for traditional TV services in nearly a decade, even though it continues to lose TV subscribers.

BREAUX: Let’s keep reasonable limits on right to bear arms

I deeply respect the right to gun ownership, but we rightly place rational limits on it. We don’t allow violent felons to purchase weapons, and any Joe off the street isn’t entitled to a bazooka. It’s my belief that those rational limits should extend to the Statehouse.

SOWELL: Emotions trumping reality in voter support for Trump

Today’s big puzzle is how so many otherwise rational people have become enamored of Donald Trump, projecting onto him virtues and principles that he clearly does not have, and ignoring gross defects that are all too blatant.

DOWD: Palin is so bad that she’s actually good for feminism

Before Palin, if a woman flamed out in a spectacular fashion, it was considered an X through the X chromosome. But when Palin turned out to be utterly unqualified and unintelligible, it did not reflect poorly on women as a whole—only on her and John McCain.

BLOW: Hillary Clinton’s attacks on Sanders only sully her

There are a tremendous number of echoes starting to be heard between the way Clinton ran against President Obama, and the way she is running against Bernie Sanders. If Clinton can’t find a positive, energetic message to project, and soon, she is going to be swept away by Sanders.

BROOKS: Feelings of powerlessness are perverting 2016 election

Today we live in a world of isolation and atomization, where people distrust their own institutions. In such circumstances many people respond to powerlessness with pointless acts of self-destruction. The American election has been perverted by these feelings of powerlessness.

IRELAND: Finally, signs of life in the state superintendent’s race

Republican leadership has been itching to see Glenda Ritz out the door but struggled to recruit a candidate to lead the charge. Even though this is a no-brainer priority race, it took Indiana Republicans until the end of January to field a viable candidate to challenge her: Jennifer McCormick, the current superintendent of Yorktown Public Schools.

SPALDING: Is this campaign the making of a terrible president?

As Hoosiers consider which person to choose as our next president, I urge them to approach the task as if they were interviewing candidates for a job at the company they own. So far, those running for president are not making a good first impression.

MEREDITH: Experienced teachers reduce costs to raise learning

Retaining veteran teachers maintains stability in the classroom, which leads to the creation of stable learning environments. By contrast, a University of Pennsylvania study found that Indiana spent $20 million to $40 million in 2008-2009 on teacher attrition and turnover costs.

MILLER: Hoosier leaders attack reproductive freedom, again

Last month, state Sens. Jim Banks and Scott Schneider introduced Senate Bill 144, called the “Indiana Heartbeat Act.” The bill makes it a felony for physicians to perform an abortion if the fetus has a detectable heartbeat. This bill is bad by telling women they are not qualified to make their own choices.