WARSAW, Ind. — About this time five years ago, Mike Braun was a relatively unknown state rep from Jasper, preparing to take on two sitting congressmen in the Republican U.S. Senate …
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9/23/23
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Housing and job “shortages are two sides of the same coin,” wrote Ben Winck and Andy Kiersz for Business Insider in 2021. “Cities with the most job openings don’t have the …
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9/22/23
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Housing and job “shortages are two sides of the same coin,” wrote Ben Winck and Andy Kiersz for Business Insider in 2021. “Cities with the most job openings don’t have the …
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9/22/23
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Depression and suicide are increasing among our youth and young adults at alarming rates. Schools, colleges, and other institutions engage new strategies and people in response. Preventive measures …
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9/19/23
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KOKOMO — Buried deep in the wallet of Shawn Fain is a well-worn pay stub of one of his two grandfathers. It’s a reminder of where the new United Auto Workers president comes from, here in …
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9/19/23
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Indiana Youth Group’s Journey Reabe faces a fun, but tough challenge trying to pin down what the youth she’s serving like, as in, like to do, like to eat, like to learn about. Reabe …
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9/15/23
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INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Pence posed the most important question of his lengthy career to conservatives and Republicans from beneath the deep shadow of Donald J. Trump while campaigning in New …
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9/9/23
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It’s the week after Labor Day. Did you a) buy a mattress or appliance? b) get snarled on busy highways or in airports? c) relax from your labors? And d) hear or read about the state of labor …
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9/8/23
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Young people learned wise sayings in mid-20th century by word of mouth before mass media. Sayings came from a few books commonly found in homes — the Bible, Shakespeare’s …
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9/6/23
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FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Kyle Hupfer has been, arguably, the most successful major party chairman in Indiana history. His Democrat counterpart, Mike Schmuhl, is attempting to get his party back in …
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9/5/23
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When was the last time you gazed at the night sky and could identify more than three constellations? There are 88 of them, 36 in the northern sky, 52 in the southern hemisphere. …
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9/1/23
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As a longtime reporter, I can only imagine the scene of police busting into a newspaper office — and a private home — confiscating computers and cell phones. It is a threat to the First …
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8/30/23
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INDIANAPOLIS — Less than 24 hours before Donald J. Trump was to be “proudly” arrested, booked, finger printed and have his mug shot taken at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta (in …
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8/26/23
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As the League of Women Voters prepares to celebrate Women’s Equality Day on Friday (5-7 p.m. in the Mural Alley), it’s worth reflecting on the state of equality in 2023.
In her book …
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8/25/23
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INDIANAPOLIS — The relationship between Donald J. Trump and Hoosier Republicans is, well, complicated.
Last week, five days before a grand jury in Georgia increased the number of criminal …
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8/19/23
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What the world needs now is reconciliation. Some will remember the plea from a popular song from the 1960s, “What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that …
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8/16/23
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What the world needs now is reconciliation. Some will remember the plea from a popular song from the 1960s, “What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that …
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8/16/23
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is turning into an abortion island. Girded by gerrymandered General Assembly maps, along with an anemic and broke Democrat Party, a year ago Republican super majorities …
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8/12/23
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“The family, in all its variety of forms, is the basic unit of society. Both the state and local authorities have various obligations to promote the well-being of every family, taking their …
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8/11/23
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — After reluctantly coming out of retirement to lead a fledgling nation, in 1796 President George Washington gave up power, which at that point in human history had been …
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8/5/23
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