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While I have been a bookaholic since elementary school, few books made as much of an impression on me as E.D. Hirsch’s “Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know.” It was released in book form in 1987, rising to second on the New York Times Best Sellers List behind Allan Bloom’s less-readable but also influential and important “Closing of the American Mind.”
Legislatures in Iowa and California have seen the wisdom of eliminating partisan gerrymandering and the polarized bodies it generates. The call for redistricting reform is growing now that the federal government has been shut down and the nation’s credit and the world’s economy threatened.
In the state law that requires government meetings to be open to the public, there’s a wonderful preamble expressing the philosophy behind the statute. The intent of the Open Door Law, it declares, is “that the official action of public agencies be conducted and taken openly … in order that the people may be fully informed.”
The next legislative session is likely to feature several bills affecting “social” issues like same-sex marriage, curriculum controversies and religious activities in public schools, abortion and public prayer.
For those who can still bear to look, Indiana’s unemployment rate remains stuck above 8 percent.
The Indy Chamber is opposing the proposed state constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriages and civil unions. Fifty years ago—even 10 years ago—such a position would have been unthinkable. This is a remarkable change.
Twenty-fourteen will be a year of love and politics in Indiana.
We sometimes hear the advice to “get on the right side of history.”
The judge in the David Bisard trial ruled Tuesday morning that emails sent from an Indianapolis police officer to top commanders did not taint trial testimony. Judge John Surbeck said the emails summarizing proceedings were a court violation but were not "unduly prejudicial.” Bisard, a suspended police officer, is on trial in Allen County for drunken driving and reckless homicide.
A 16-year-old Greenfield Central High School student was caught with a gun at school Tuesday morning, school officials said. The school’s resource officer detained the student before classes started after officials received an anonymous tip. The student was carrying a 22-caliber handgun with one round in it, officials said. He told investigators he planned to sell the gun after school.
A woman was shot Tuesday morning when at least four men broke into her north-side home, ransacked the residence and stole three vehicles. Eileen Potenza suffered bullet wounds in the leg and foot in the incident, which took place just before 7:30 in the 800 block of East 79th Street in the Windcombe neighborhood. Potenza was home with her husband and daughter when the men broke in. The suspects took the women to a bank branch at 93rd and Meridian streets to get cash before returning to the home. They fled in the three vehicles, which were recovered nearby.
A years-long fight between Marion County and mall developer Simon Property Group Inc. has moved to the Indiana Tax Court as a judge weighs vastly different estimates of the values of Lafayette Square Mall and Washington Square Mall.
Indiana bars and liquor stores will be able to stay open an extra hour this weekend as daylight saving time ends for the year.
Shares in Cummins Inc. slid more than 9 percent Tuesday morning after the Columbus-based engine manufacturer reported weaker-than-expected sales and profit in the third quarter, and lowered its outlook for the rest of the year.
The committee voted Monday to advance the recommendations to the State Board of Education, which is expected to consider adopting a new A-F grading model in November.
Hamilton County Commissioners have cleared the way for an Anderson-based domestic violence shelter to build a satellite facility on county-owned land in Noblesville, assuming it can raise enough money to support the program.
The family partnership that has owned the four-story building since the 1980s is converting it from office to residential use, with plans for five apartment units and 700 square feet of retail.
The local auto group that sells 14 car brands could move its Toyota dealership from Lafayette Road to the Zionsville site, where the population is growing thanks to the Anson development.
Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. on Monday reported a jump in profit in the third quarter despite sliding revenue.
