Ending Sunday liquor-sale ban not simple issue
The General Assembly will be taking up the issue of Sunday alcohol sales this session.
At the outset, I want to lay...
Obama’s budget features same spending problems
The president’s budget proposal presents an opportunity to tackle the long-term fiscal crisis facing the nation.
Unfortunately, the White House seems positioned...
REAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Learning lasts longest when we participate.
A kid can read a dozen books on how to hit a curveball, but until he...
God has plans for, knows unborn
The Bible makes it clear that unborn children are known intimately and personally by God.
He knows that pre-born baby just as...
Now time to take township consolidation seriously
Kokomo Tribune
State Rep. Mike Karickhoff, R-Kokomo, has authored seven bills and co-authored two more for the 2015 legislative session.
...
Farming property taxes hot topic but hard for average people to change
nce again, farmland assessments and property taxes are going up.
The Department of Local Government Finance, which oversees property taxes in Indiana,...
THINK RURAL
The name “Indiana” creates a vivid image in people’s minds.
Rolling farm fields. Basketball goals hanging above garage doors and on barn...
Indiana promises have gone up in smoke
Sixteen years after the state tobacco settlement, the story is one of broken promises.
The money collected by the states after settling...
How French intelligence missed Charlie Hebdo terrorists
In the wake of the tragic shootings in Paris, French police and intelligence agencies are being asked to explain why known militants—including one who...
United Way’s focus is the creation of lasting change in our community
When I first started writing to you in January of 2014, I asked Jackson County to make a commitment to get engaged. And, my,...