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One of the things I enjoyed most, throughout my political career, was the opportunity to meet with young people. Almost without exception, they were curious, thoughtful and eager to face the …
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5/11/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is not a state where citizens can petition for an issue referendum to appear on the ballot. Voters in neighboring Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky voted to sustain abortion …
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5/11/24
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This spring, stories from three different sources covered a topic of urgent interest to Hoosiers.
In mid-March, NPR’s Morning Edition picked up a story from Perry County, Indiana, and WNIN …
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5/10/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — If U.S. Sen. Mike Braun secures the Republican gubernatorial nomination next Tuesday and Noblesville pastor Micah Beckwith prevails in his unorthodox quest for the ticket at …
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5/4/24
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April is an unofficial Earth month, not just the month that hosts Earth Day, so topics on the return of life after winter always feel appropriate. This week, we chat about our landscaping and …
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5/3/24
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A phrase occasionally jumps off the page and grabs the mind and will not let go — even if the meaning is not clear. "Chaos is a ladder" seems such a phrase for our time. It is timely as we …
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5/3/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — Almost 300 feet above the skyline in the center of our state stands Victory, a classic Greek-inspired sculpture envisioned to be the Hoosier version of Nike, the goddess of war. …
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4/27/24
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We have lived with the existential threat of nuclear weapons for almost 80 years. To say we have become complacent would be an understatement. Knowing the devastation a nuclear war would produce, we …
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4/26/24
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On April 22 the world observed Earth Day, and plenty of organizations celebrated with tree plantings or education on other sustainable methods. Why not throw our League of Women Voters …
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4/26/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — It used to be that any middle class Hoosier schmoe could run for Congress ... and actually win. Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Jim Jontz won races in bygone decades by …
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4/20/24
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Our police are the thin blue line standing firm to prevent lawless and wrongheaded people from breaking down the walls of democratic civilization and destroying citizens and structures. Police work …
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4/19/24
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The collapse last month of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is a vivid reminder of the crucial role that infrastructure plays in our 21st century economy. It’s also an opportunity to …
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4/19/24
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Have you ever stared at the section of a ballot, for county and city elected officials, only to think, “I don’t know if I can vote for them. I don’t know anything about them!”
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4/19/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — The current six-person Republican field for governor is an anomaly. In the television age of Hoosier politics, the GOP usually sorts out the candidates, so there are only one or …
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4/13/24
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“It’s easy to take for granted the ability to read,” said Anthony Tharp, assistant superintendent for North Montgomery Schools. Yet one of every five Hoosier kids struggles to read …
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4/12/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — In the midst of this current presidential election year, we have witnessed cavalier and reckless rhetoric suggesting political violence. There has been talk of a second civil …
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4/6/24
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Recent media posts: praise a few students who left school to build devices and became millionaires; predict skilled workers might earn higher wages; hope low unemployment rates will increase wages. …
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4/6/24
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As Disability Awareness Month gives way to another month reminding us to learn and develop awareness, we bring you an interview with Meg Goshorn-Maroney, mother of five. Three of her children have …
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4/5/24
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INDIANAPOLIS — Of the six Republicans seeking the gubernatorial nomination on May 7, U.S. Sen. Mike Braun is the one with the proverbial target on his back.
He entered this week’s …
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3/30/24
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President Joe Biden reached back in history in his recent State of the Union address, citing a January 1941 speech in which Franklin Delano Roosevelt called on America to reject isolationism and …
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3/30/24
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