Americans expected to give more in 2015, 2016 than previous years
A recent report from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has potential good news for nonprofits across Jackson County, including the Community...
For whom the bell tolls: Indiana General Assembly at halfway mark
INDIANAPOLIS
Hundreds of bills are dead at just past the halfway mark of the legislative session, with none killed more vividly than...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...