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...
Coulda, woulda, shoulda: Keep Indiana ‘Thriving’
No one wants to look back and wonder what we could have and should have done to make Indiana a better place.
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Technologies designed to help those in pain, prevent abuse
According to Federal health officials, there are more than 115 million people across the United States who suffer from pain. I see it every...
Lawmakers find ways to break from pack
(Bloomington) Herald-Times
U.S. Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., has made no secret of his opposition to many of the policies of President Barack...
Letter: Excessive testing costly for students
To the editor:
Testing was once what came at the end of learning. Now it seems as if it is the beginning,...
It’s not easy learning how to be U.S. citizen
The question usually comes toward the end of a public meeting. Some knotty problem is being discussed, and someone in the audience will raise...