Jennifer Wagner Chartier: Access to public meetings should be better
It’s not a huge surprise that, unless there’s a hot topic on the agenda, most public meeting rooms are either empty or filled with people who get paid to be there.
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Deborah Daniels: Speaker, Trump are playing dangerous political game
Why is the party of law and order … doing this? It is pandering to Trump at the expense of world stability.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Overreach: The death of Indiana Republican values
Supporters of the Indiana brand of Republicanism used to pride themselves on fiscal discipline. That day is behind us.
Dana Black: Harming Indy will hurt the rest of the state, too
One person in the General Assembly is working to thwart the will of the people.
George Gemelas: Don’t miss the eclipse, nor this other convergence
Big pieces are converging in Indiana, both in the sky in a few weeks and on the ground for the next several years.
Curt Smith: Central Indiana’s future is bright
Civic leaders will be challenged in a good way to make quality-of-life gains consistent with these economic advances.
Marshawn Wolley: Black Hoosiers are coming together, want to be heard
While plenty of bills were proposed, the vast majority of them did not even receive a hearing.
Shariq Siddiqui: Ramadan is a month of giving for Muslims
For many Muslims, Ramadan is centered around helping the poor.
Dr. Richard Feldman: Corporatization isn’t good for patients, doctors
Corporatization wouldn’t be necessarily bad if it operated on the highest ethical and moral ground. But it doesn’t.
Brad Rateike: The day my mobile phone service crashed
Many of us depend on wireless connectivity and should make no apologies for it.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Remembering my grandmothers this month
Let’s pay tribute to the women in our lives—both personal and professional—who inspire us.
Shariq Siddiqui: The lessons philanthropy can find in love
The word philanthropy is derived from a Greek word that means love of humankind.
Brian Schutt: ‘Be like Mike’ and volunteer to make Indy better
To those who worked with and around Mike, he’ll be unforgettable.
Jim Shella: Indianapolis knows how to host an event. Watch.
I have covered 14 national political conventions, events similar in scope to a Super Bowl, and have seen how some do it right and some don’t.
Brad Rateike: Gratuity and the art of tipping with $2 bills
I do not want to ever be accused of being the guy who did not tip (I learned that lesson).
Jennifer Wagner Chartier: Tired of politics? Hopefully, the future is brighter
How do we explain to the next generation of voters that it wasn’t always like this, and it doesn’t have to be this way?
Dr. Richard Feldman: Prior authorization is burden on health system
Denials can also result in cost shifting to patients.
Deborah Daniels: What happened to home rule in our government?
Whatever one’s doubts about the likely benefits of these projects, the question is whether state government should interfere in local government decision-making.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Indiana should say ‘no’ to puppy mills
The regulations regarding puppy mills are few, and enforcement is lacking.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Can our Legislature do 2 things at once? Maybe.
Interesting work and solid compensation should be the goal for all our young people.