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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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4/19/24
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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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I was glad to see Mike Warren file for the at large seat for Montgomery County Council. Without hesitation, I endorse Mike to the county council. I have had the privilege of knowing the Warren …
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4/12/24
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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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I work for a business downtown on Main Street in Crawfordsville. We often have parking issues. At times the police have been called to lend us a hand and they have been great at doing so. The rules …
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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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This week we continue the series of women worth knowing, as suggested by LWV members. When LWV Karen Gunther submitted Karen Dobkins, PhD, as a notable woman she admired, Gunther said, “Before …
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3/29/24
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Eastertide is a hopeful season. Two previous columns describe our culture of pessimism and despair; both ended with glimmers of hope. Perhaps Lent is a fitting time for descriptions of despair. A …
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3/27/24
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