Why can’t state end Sunday liquor ban?
South Bend Tribune
Once again, the effort to lift a Prohibition-era ban on Sunday alcohol sales has died in Indiana, the only...
Issues with state’s children can be fixed
(Bedford) Times-Mail
Some disturbing realities about Indiana’s children are evident in the 2015 Kids Count Data Book released by the Indiana Youth...
Proposed Indiana beheading law is inane
Kokomo Tribune
There are hardly more gruesome ways to die than to be decapitated.
The very idea of it is...
Concussion bill step in right direction
(Bedford) Times-Mail
Amid the missteps that have too often marked this session of the Indiana General Assembly, lawmakers are taking firm action...
Infant mortality rate needs to be addressed
South Bend Tribune
For years, there have been more questions than answers about Indiana’s consistently high infant mortality rate.
Why...
ISTEP length shows larger dysfunction
(Terre Haute) Tribune-Star
The headline in the one Indiana newspaper said it all.
“New ISTEP: ‘Train wreck’ waiting to happen?”...
Smoking-cessation efforts need boost
South Bend Tribune
Recent information on exposure to secondhand smoke is encouraging. And heartbreaking.
What’s encouraging is that Americans’ exposure...
State should keep promise to students
The Tribune
Thousands of Indiana students who will graduate from high school this year are counting on the state to pay for...
Carrying air guns recipe for disaster
The Tribune
Air guns are not toys. If local children and teens don’t understand this soon, something tragic could happen.
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Focus: Budget
South Bend Tribune
Among the budget items being discussed by this year’s General Assembly is one that probably escaped the notice of...