HOLCOMB: Party will invest in tech, people, constituencies
Complacency and overreach are certainly real concerns any time a political party has the type of success the Indiana Republican Party has had in recent election cycles.
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SOWELL: Limit term limits to just one term
The main thing wrong with the term limits movement is the “s” at the end of the word “limit.”
TAFT: Education map shows Indy holds its own
A recent Ball State University study showed a growing movement of Marion County residents to Hamilton County and triggered a series of columns pinning a lot of the blame on poor-quality city schools.
DANIELS: Leading in health care innovation
Hoosiers are often thought of as resistant to change (daylight-saving time, anyone?).
VAUGHN: Expanding Medicaid would benefit all
In these pages last fall, I complained about gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence playing politics with the implementation of federal health reform. Unfortunately, now that he’s been elected governor, the game-playing continues and uninsured Hoosiers continue to be pawns in Pence’s game with federal officials.
SWAYZE: Obamacare is more mess than cure
One-sixth of our economy has a big question mark around it. It’s OK to call “it” Obamacare now, but we still don’t know what it is.
STYRING: Workers will flood health exchanges
The local business guys and gals I talk to watch the coming full implementation of Obamacare with a sense of angst.
SHEPARD: Speedway promotion is a smart move
Fresh analysis released last month on the economic impact of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the satellite industries attracted by its location in Indiana make it clear the General Assembly is on the right track in moving legislation to bolster the track and the jobs it helps create.
MYERS: No time to rest on our ample laurels
Indianapolis is a long way from reaching its potential. Yes, we have advantages with cost of living (compared to both coasts), and great professional sports franchises and an array of quality cultural institutions like the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and many more.
MACALLISTER: Hooray for underrated lawmakers
As the end of the annual meeting of our General Assembly draws nigh, it is not inappropriate to once again view both the legislation considered and the general health and well-being of the system itself as it works in the Great Hoosier Heartland.
BECK: New Democratic chairs will deliver
I’m optimistic about the future of Hoosier Democrats, particularly at the state level and in Marion County. Why, you ask?
BONIFIELD: A greenhorn governor flubs his launch
As the first governor since the Civil War to win election with less than 50 percent of the vote, Mike Pence has a political capital problem. And it’s starting to show.
VANE: Evans bravely went with his principles
Unquestionably, the biggest political news of this young year was the decision by City-County Councilor Jose Evans to join the Republican Party.
HOWEY: Republicans scald selves with critique
It was lunchtime reading unlike any other Craig Dunn had seen.
MAHERN: Be my waiter but not my neighbor
City-county councilors have a nasty tradition of agreeing with one another to blackball developments within their individual districts.
MARCUS: Lopsided population shift raises alarms
No one pays attention to a sentence buried in the middle of a recent news story out of Indiana University.
WAGNER: The rise of a new Hoosier swing voter
Quick, describe a Hoosier swing voter. White, married, middle-class male from southern Indiana, somewhere between 35 and 55 years old, right?
MORRIS: Looking back, things never looked so good
I’ve been feeling a bit reflective lately as I just completed 22 years at IBJ a few weeks ago.
LOU’S VIEWS: Catching up with a kaleidoscope of reviews
Thoughts on the latest from DK, Acting Up, and an American Pianists Association fellow.
SKARBECK: Alternative investments not worth their high costs
When it comes to choosing the products or services offered by the investment industry, the evidence suggests that when investors pay less, they often get more.