BOHANON & CUROTT: Population slowdown problematic for economy
Unfortunately, the size of the working age population has been growing slowly and even shrank slightly last year. This poses a real problem for our nation’s finances.
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Ed Feigenbaum: A negative revenue forecast could cause shifts in priorities
Ratcheting down an already depressed forecast will make the final week of the session an exercise in cost-cutting and priority-shifting.
Letter: Lifting up civic duty
Two columnists from two completely different geographic and political sections of the country, and both understand the importance of civic involvement and political duty, and not just for the biased and trend-following portion of our urban population.
Letter: No apologies from township schools
Prior to making broad generalizations around the need for “attention, engagement, and scrutiny,” it is important to ensure that all of the facts are in place.
Now is the time to reverse state’s school-funding decline
Indiana policymakers love to celebrate Indiana’s leadership, but one ranking our lawmakers can’t tout is the Hoosier state’s standing on school funding and teacher pay. Indiana ranks below average nationally and fails to compete with nearly all neighboring states in funding public schools and teacher compensation. A recently released study on Indiana’s school funding and […]
Brian Burton: Better addiction treatment leads to stronger workforce
A lot has been done here to fight the epidemic and establish recovery efforts, but addiction treatment is still fragmented and oftentimes inaccessible for this vulnerable population.
GREG MORRIS: Lunar-landing anniversary highlights Hoosier strength
Indiana is home to an impressive collection of aerospace industry assets.
EDITORIAL: Hate crimes law is practical move, although it’s far from perfect
We are less pleased that many Republican lawmakers did everything they could to ensure the law did not include specific language about gender identity.
Mandy Haskett: Manage your energy, not your time
Being busy all day long without feeling fulfilled is a red flag that our energy reserves are being slowly depleted—task by task, meeting by meeting, and email by email.
PETE THE PLANNER: A couple disagrees about budgeting their $200,000 income
Pushing the limits of housing affordability will compromise the rest of your financial life, as it drives up utility, maintenance, taxes and insurance expenses.
Randall Shepard: Debate over Electoral College more nuanced than it seems
Our own South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has urged us to move to a popular vote system, saying the current system has “made our society less and less democratic.
Curt Smith: Mayor Pete’s only stumble is his attacks on Pence
Mayor Pete (his preferred nickname) is off to a start that’s more than impressive; it is stellar.
Michael Leppert: Biden’s greatness aside, it might be Buttigieg’s time
It’s easy to get excited about Mayor Pete if you are a Democrat in Indiana. His brand is as refreshing as there is on the national stage.
Jennifer Wagner: Humble, cocooned Hoosiers relucant to embrace reform
I want to focus on the broader perspective of why change is so hard here.
Andrew Ireland: Use trading power to aid persecuted Muslims in China
Today, more than 12 million Muslims face an Orwellian hell in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
Pierre Atlas: U.S. can’t emulate New Zealand’s crackdown on guns
We have formal separation of powers and constitutional checks and balances, a republican form of government that was designed to restrain the passions of the majority.
Shariq Siddiqui: Trump presidency a symbol of nation’s prejudice
Ethical Republicans and others who have supported the president must not embrace Attorney General William Barr’s summary as proof that Trump is in the clear.
Glenda Ritz: School-accountability bill at Statehouse goes too far
High school educators are upset with the proposal that they will be held responsible for student post-secondary outcomes six months after graduation.
Dr. Richard Feldman: Old cemeteries show lives cut short before vaccines
It is easy to take vaccines for granted since their very success, the elimination of diseases, makes their value invisible. It’s hard to appreciate what one does not experience.
Deborah Daniels: Expand conventions, hotels to keep downtown vibrant
A market analysis was conducted by HVS, the global leader in such studies, giving officials confidence that the city can sustain the necessary hotel additions.