Federal gas taxes crucial to saving infrastructure
Everyone from the American Society of Civil Engineers to the AFL-CIO tells us that we face an infrastructure crisis, and we must raise federal...
Who thought Washington could fix our K-12 problems?
In the most recent issue of The Indiana Policy Review, Maryann O. Keating describes the priorities of the key “stakeholders” in K-12 education: a)...
Taking a step forward on ethics in Indiana
South Bend Tribune
The ethics reform package that appears headed for passage this session of the General Assembly represents a badly needed...
Indiana taking new tact to fight crime
KPC News
Spending to help reform criminal offenders could more than double in a new state budget proposed by the Indiana House...
Indiana should have stuck with Common Core
It strikes us now — and it really has for months — that Indiana's educational hierarchy could have saved money and trouble by sticking...
Insane expectations for Amtrak’s Hoosier State
It never seems to be easy for the Hoosier State, a four-day-a-week passenger rail service between Indianapolis and Chicago, once again on the brink.
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Girls on the Run editorial
The Tribune
Girls in third through fifth grades often begin to have issues with peer pressure, self-esteem and self-image.
To...
Courageous black Hoosiers fought for North in Civil War
Even before Indiana began recruiting them, African-American Hoosiers volunteered to fight in the Civil War.
An 1862 act of Congress allowed President...
Time to reconsider tax financing districts
(Bedford) Times-Mail
Albert Einstein is widely credited with suggesting insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different...
Be part of legislative process
The second half of the legislative session is officially underway.
Although 650 plus bills were filed this year, only 174 passed out...
