Automakers are global, not national companies
By Simon Lester
During the presidential campaign and following the election, Donald Trump has put forward a steady stream of economic nationalist rhetoric, with threats...
We must be vigilant in preserving democracy
By Lee Hamilton
A lot of dire predictions about our representative democracy are being circulated. We’re just past a presidential election campaign in which candidates...
Let your voices be heard by legislators
(TERRE HAUTE) TRIBUNE-STAR
It is a time of great change under the Statehouse dome in Indianapolis as legislators convene for the 170th session of the...
Pence following in footsteps of Hoosier VPs on road to the White House
By Harry McCawley
Bob Garton, who knows a thing or two about Indiana politics, has come across an interesting factoid relating to Mike Pence's soon-to-be...
It won’t be easy: Trump about to run into legislative reality
BY MICHAEL TANNER
When President Donald Trump is sworn, Republicans will hold the presidency and both houses of Congress for the first time since 2006....
Brush-up needed on ethics reform
(Bloomington) Herald-Times
One of the things the Indiana General Assembly should put on its agenda for 2017 is ethics reform.
Yes, the body passed an ethics...
Letter: Learn to think critically, get news from credible sources
To the editor:
With the national major media outlets pushing the idea of "fake news" I think that it is important that the people supporting...
Forecasting revenue for state tricky task
By Larry DeBoer
Forecasting is hard. It's a guess about the future. You try to make an informed, internally consistent guess — but the operative...
Letter: Many thanks to volunteers of Sertoma Christmas Miracle
To the editor:
The 2016 Sertoma Christmas Miracle has come and gone. Jackson County Sertoma Club members cannot be more pleased with the wonderful response...
More work to do on Indiana ethics reform
South Bend Tribune
Indiana’s ethics reform law, passed last year in the wake of several scandals, was supposed to address some of the state’s problems.
Based...