Letters to the Editor

Rep. Carson, please explain why your focus for our schools in this district is “federal funding” rather than improving status quo.

Through Health First Indiana funding, the Hamilton County Health Department has already awarded more than $3.2 million to local partners to deliver essential services and ensure that residents can easily access the care they need.

Indiana already has over 120 small business assistance organizations and programs covering all areas of the state.

It would be great if the city’s new economic development organization could fix the byzantine, slow and unresponsive permitting process.

Women are each other’s greatest resource, and when we come together to educate and motivate one another, we can save lives.

With little more than $2 million, 2nd Chance Indiana can support 50 vans in counties across the state. This could change everything for reentrants, for their kids and for taxpayers.

A moving violation in Indianapolis is $229, a burdensome amount for many low-income workers, even before court costs for unpaid fees or license reinstatement.

Subsidizing them is a race to the absolute bottom of the barrel.

Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen’s State of the City address was a masterclass in authentic, driven leadership.

In Europe, they likely would have repurposed the building, but we don’t do that here.

Why is no elected official from either political party listening to him?” and “Why do we keep electing people from both political parties who refuse to address his urgent question?”

Renaming this post office is a worthy act. But doing so during a re-election campaign is suspicious timing.

The Restore Protection for Dialysis Patients Act will ensure patients can keep their private insurance during a key 30-month window.

Hoosier utility ratepayers should not be forced to pay for additional electric generation required. Doing so would amount to a direct subsidy to the companies owning the data centers and mining operations.

My son is entering college next year, so I did a comparison between salaries and college tuition and room/board today versus my year entering college. Salaries have risen under 7%, while the cost of college has risen over 15%.

Indiana’s water resources face increasing pressure from population growth, agriculture, new advanced manufacturing and data centers, and the impacts of climate change.

This column is a tribute to those folks in neighborhoods everywhere who are making our planet a better place to live.

In recent generations, we have seen concerted efforts by one political party to remove God and any references to the morality and guidance that Christianity has historically provided.

It doesn’t serve the state well when governance is so one-sided, whether that be Democrat or Republican.

Creating safe spaces for adults and children to become more active in their daily lives improves the mental and physical health of everyone in Indianapolis.