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ODLE: State needs bold, imaginative leadership
I don’t think anyone can disagree we need a strategy for making the slogan “Indiana Works” a reality.
PARR: What Indiana should address in 2014
Compared with neighboring states, Indiana is doing well. For that, Hoosiers can be thankful.
SHELLA: Stars might align for old deals to happen
Dwayne Sawyer just set a new world record for quickest rise and fall of an Indiana statewide elected official. His tenure as auditor fell just short of four months.
SPEEDY: Private sector could put resources to better use
Each session, I work to find efficient and effective ways to streamline government functions. Bolstering our city’s infrastructure is vital for sustained economic growth.
MILLER: Local voters should be given shot at referendum
After reviewing the facts surrounding a proposed expansion of mass-transit services in central Indiana, gathering input from local officials, meeting with the public, and listening to concerns about establishing an expanded transit system, legislators are working to develop a plan that is both efficient and cost-effective.
GARRISON: Good ideas during the great storm, but bad policy
Folks in the business of passing laws and enforcing them must, of necessity, impose somebody’s idea of what is good on the rest of us.
LANOSGA: Got a warrant for my cell phone information?
I’ve written a fair bit in these pages about the pitfalls of official secrecy—the often unjustified withholding of information by public agencies at all levels of government.
SOUDER: Traditional conservatism is making a comeback
It would be easy to miss the significance of the seven Indiana House Republicans all supporting the 2013 budget deal.
Concerns grow about future of Indiana Beach
Other venues owned by the company that bought the amusement park in 2008 have been sold or fallen into foreclosure.
Over 50-plus years, lawyer helped shape modern Indianapolis
George Rubin, one of the principal architects of Unigov, will retire at the end of the year at age 81. As a legislator, he also created the Indiana Uniform Consumer Credit Code.
KRUGMAN: Mild depression might be the new normal
Spend any time around monetary officials and one word you’ll hear a lot is “normalization.” Most such officials accept that now is no time to be tightfisted, that for the time being credit must be easy and interest rates low.
BLOW: Plenty of racism above, below the surface
In an interview with the BBC last month, Oprah Winfrey said of President Obama: “There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs, in some cases, and maybe even many cases, because he’s African-American.”
PILLIE: GOP should put more energy into tech
We’re about to leave one unique facet of Indiana politics and enter another.
STYRING: Obamacare rests on numbers concoction
Everybody’s talking about Obamacare. Website crashes. People booted off their health insurance. Sticker shock. No doubt we’ll be talking about it through the 2014 election. And the 2016 election. And most likely well beyond that.
SIDDIQUI: Americans are trustworthy on insurance
The failed rollout of the Obamacare health care exchanges is seen by many as a political gift to the Republican Party. There is no question that President Obama’s administration failed to execute a controversial law that has been heavily criticized, litigated in courts and elections, and created great unrest among the American people.
KRULL: Misguided judges reaping whirlwind
Former Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard and other veterans of the highest state courts in the country issued a warning a few days ago about the dangers of large-scale campaign spending in judicial campaigns.
VAUGHN: Courts will decide basic election issues
Although voters in Marion County won’t cast ballots for City-County elections until 2015, two courts are considering cases that will have a major impact on local elections.
SHEPARD: Conrad’s intensity still felt downtown
Surely Larry Conrad is smiling over the recent report about the phenomenal strength of the housing market in downtown Indianapolis.
WAGNER: It’s a brave new world in the suburbs
Earlier this year, I wrote for this publication about the rise of a new Hoosier swing voter, women my age who live in the doughnut counties around Indianapolis.