School funding numbers prompt questions
The good folks at the Indiana Department of Education sent me some school finance numbers to play with. School finance is a big topic...
Hoosiers responded eagerly to preserve Union
“Left camp at 9 o’clock. Rained all last night. Bad roads, slavish traveling today. Snowed all day, stalled several times … traveled 10 miles.”
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In dating relationships, keep God’s standards in mind
In 1 Corinthians 6:18, Paul is writing to new believers trying to figure out their faith. Here is what he said, “Flee from sexual...
Early education better use of time, resources than standardized testing
The steam-heat radiators leaked every winter, so we propped our feet on the desk legs.
My elementary school also lacked air conditioning...
Republican actions raising political profile of Ritz
INDIANAPOLIS -- State Sen. Jean Leising went to a local Farm Bureau breakfast expecting to be quizzed on a complicated tax relief bill for...
Many winners if court rules against Obamacare
In less than two weeks, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in King v. Burwell, the most important challenge to Obamacare since the court...
Indiana legislature’s prevailing-wage fight more political than economic
Indiana’s Common Construction Wage Law is typically referred to as a “prevailing-wage” law.
Such laws are a state’s version of the federal...
Energy-production issue shows regressive tax hitting low-, middle-income electricity users
Indiana faces a looming problem in electricity markets that many states have already tackled. It is not an especially complicated issue, but with more...
BIG HACK ATTACKS
INDIANAPOLIS — If you knew what U.S. Sen. Dan Coats knows, you’d think twice before sending that next email.
What the Indiana...
President, Congress face important budget decisions
It may not be obvious from the news coverage, but a good bit of Congress’s 2015 agenda just landed on Capitol Hill with a...