Obama coming to town
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is dropping in on Indianapolis this Saturday for a campaign stop.
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Is Thompson right on jobs?
Earlier this week, Jill Long Thompson, who is running for the Democratic nomination for governor, said Gov.
Mitch Danielsâ?? approach to economic development has focused on individual companies to the detriment of big-picture
policy changes that could improve the…
Daylight-saving time angst
The debate over daylight-saving time never seems to end.
University of California-Santa Barbara economists have studied Duke Energy Corp. electricity bills and found
that Indianaâ??s switch to daylight-saving time in 2006 cost Duke households $8.6 million extra. Duke operates
in the…
Buckley and Hoosier conservatism
William F. Buckley, who died yesterday at age 82, was an intellectual lion who played a key role in pushing
conservatism to national prominence, and he left tracks in Indiana along the way.Read More
Oppose Daniels, oppose change?
A new statewide poll shows a high correlation between registered voters who intend to vote for Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama and incumbent Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Obama and Daniels are almost polar opposites philosophically, so what gives? Mostly…
Ranking Indianapolis’ best mayor
Former Indianapolis mayors have a way of staying in the news.
Richard Lugar has climbed to the top echelons of the U.S. Senate. Bill Hudnut is quoted regularly from his
position at the Urban Land Institute, a Washington, D.C., not-for-profit that…
Blame Daniels for the economy?
At this point four years ago, now-Gov. Mitch Daniels had started outlining a platform based on revitalizing
the economy.
The economy had been headed south since the â??70s and had taken another beating early in the decade. Voters
were only too…
Supremes appear to back voter law
Questions posed by U.S. Supreme Court justices today suggest they might be reluctant to overturn Indianaâ??s
voter ID law.
Reports from the proceedings quote Justice Anthony Kennedy, often a swing vote on the court, as asking why
the court should be…
Feeling left out of the process?
The Iowa caucuses are over and the New Hampshire primary isnâ??t far away. Indianaâ??s primary arrives May 6,
long after a string of states could easily make ours all but irrelevant.
How do you feel about having little, if any voice…
Checking for illegal immigrants
The clash over illegal immigration under way in other states may well show up in the General Assembly this
year.
State chamber lobbyist George Raymond expects at least one bill to materialize, and he thinks the chances
of passage are pretty…
Amendment for houses of worship
State Sen. Pat Miller says sheâ??s looking to the future by proposing a constitutional amendment that would
protect churches and other houses of worship from someday being taxed.
Itâ??s not a â??crisis today,â?? but could become a problem in the future…
Would a county CEO be a king?
A centerpiece of the sweeping proposal rolled out yesterday by the Commission on Local Government Reform involves
consolidating many county offices under one elected official.
A county chief executive would appoint the assessor, auditor, coroner, recorder, surveyor, treasurer and even
the…
Kernan, Shepard break china
Folks who think itâ??s time to bring local government from horse-and-buggy days into the modern era have to
be smiling about the report that the Commission on Local Government Reform released this morning.
The report, written by former Gov. Joe Kernan…
Jones calls quid pro quo insinuation ‘ridiculous’
For a preview of how Indiana’s 2008 gubernatorial election will play out, look no further than the emerging tussle over entrepreneur
Scott Jones’ $4 million in awards from the state’s 21st Century Research & Technology Fund.
City law firm a key player in GOP wins
Three members of a small, young, downtown law firm played key rolls in Republican election wins this month, boosting the firm’s
profile as it tackles aggressive growth plans that include beefing up its lobbying business. John Lewis and Wilkins LLP set
up shop on Monument Circle in 2005 and since then has grown from the three attorneys to 11.
Solving the tax debate
Gov. Mitch Daniels has proposed capping residential property taxes at 1 percent of a homeâ??s assessed value,
rental properties at 2 percent and businesses at 3 percent.
Now state Sen. Luke Kenley says the bipartisan commission on taxes he heads will…
How did media affect Ballard’s win?
Election Day was no high point in the annals of Indianapolis media. How could we have missed such a big
story, that Greg Ballard was about to upset incumbent Mayor Bart Peterson?
Local news organizations treated Ballard as an afterthought until…
Will business like Ballard?
Dating at least to the â??60s, when Richard Lugar was mayor of Indianapolis, the cityâ??s comeback has been
driven by nationally renowned cooperation between government and business.
Business interests came out of the woodwork to support Lugar, and subsequent mayors William…
A new mayor in Indianapolis
Now that Greg Ballard has pulled the big upset, how will Indianapolis be different under his administration? Is his election
good or bad for business?
Arts leaders tout Peterson
The race between Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and his Republican challenger, Greg Ballard, became interesting
in the final days, and not just because Ballard suddenly got traction in a widely publicized poll.
In the past few days, two prominent arts leaders…