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Nonstop progress: Indiana to have 1st direct flights to Europe since 2020
Gov. Eric Holcomb used the start of an economic development visit to Ireland to herald the upcoming resumption of direct flights between Indianapolis and a European destination. Holcomb joined Aer Lingus officials Monday to announce the new nonstop flight the airline will offer four times a week between Indianapolis and Dublin beginning in May 2025. …
Where are you from, Stranger?
INDIANAPOLIS — Every year the Census Bureau obliges our curiosity about our neighbors via data on the geographic mobility of the American population. The following data for 2023 was released last week. It is not biased as is the data released by moving companies, which tend to have an exclusive clientele. In 2023, Indiana was …
Governor’s race heats up as national cash flows into campaigns
National money continues to flow into Indiana’s gubernatorial race. The Democratic Governors Association infused another $450,000 into the campaign of Jennifer McCormick on Wednesday, bringing its contribution to over $1 million down the campaign home stretch. An additional $50,000 came from the United Food & Commercial Workers PAC, while lieutenant governor nominee Terry Goodin chipped …
More than $17M to develop rural communities untapped, official says
A portion of the Indiana Economic Development Corp.’s Deal Closing Fund set aside for rural communities remains mostly unspent almost a year and a half after it was created, an IEDC official said. The State Budget Committee on Thursday approved the release of $3 million to provide cash performance grants to support projects in Daviess …
Braun, McCormick filings give glimpses of their media tactics
Quarterly finance reports from the Mike Braun and Jennifer McCormick gubernatorial campaigns offer glimpses of their donor support as well as their television and digital advertising spend. In TV and digital media purchases, Republican nominee Braun outspent Democrat McCormick $985,813 to $747,689 during the third quarter. Braun also made a $51,964 media buy on May …
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Will our republic survive?
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — About every 80 years America has found itself at a historical hinge point. From the Continental Congress passing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 2, 1776, which set off the American Revolution, to Col. Joshua Chamberlain’s Union Army defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg in …
Republicans may be coming home
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Polls show more Republicans are coming home. That’s not surprising. In most elections, both Republicans and Democrats who were thinking of moving away from supporting party nominees they dislike tend to find reasons to “come home” to vote for those disliked nominees. The presidential election will be decided by those Republicans, …
A State Fair: Ah, the agony of unlearned arithmetic
Yes, I have covered this ground before. In repetition, no doubt, I insult many readers whose indulgence I now seek. However, information presented as a rate or percentage (unemployment, vacancy, divorce) seems to confound listeners and readers alike because fractions (ratios) are not understood and can misrepresent reality. Real-world example: Between 1933 and 1983, Indiana …
Worsening brain drain
MUNCIE, Ind. — I often write of the economic damage caused by the sharp decline of Hoosiers attending college. Most of that focuses on statewide effects. Because we are now a full decade into this problem, it is time to start talking about where in Indiana the worst economic damage will occur. The college-going rate …
What’s taxing Indiana’s growth?
INDIANAPOLIS — Happy, happy, happy are we who now know the Internal Revenue Service is taking steps to “ensure large corporations, large partnerships and high-income individual filers pay the taxes they owe.” Yes, the IRS is cracking down on the highfliers in their high-flying corporate jets. But what about the ordinary worker in Muncie, Munster, …
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“This road map contains the foundation for building a better Evansville. Between now and April 9 we will continue to build a strong team of collaborative, creative city leaders and to create a culture of transparency, accountability and accessibility.”
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Longtime Senate fiscal leader Morris Mills dies at age 97
Longtime state Sen. Morris Mills, who died this week at age 97, is remembered by one of his colleagues as a “citizen-legislator in the truest concept of the word.” Mills was one of the Legislature’s top budget leaders for much of his 28 years as a senator before retiring after the 2000 session. Mills, a …
Push to ‘reinvent’ high school in Indiana faces uncertain costs
Republican leaders have said it is time to “reinvent” high school, but the financial cost remains uncertain. Education costs will likely increase in the short term because of an increased demand for school counseling services, work-based learning opportunities and associated transportation needs, according to a recent regulatory analysis conducted by the Indiana Department of Education. …
Holcomb adviser leaving for Higher Education Commission position
Matthew Butler is leaving his job as a top adviser to Gov. Eric Holcomb for a leadership position at the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. Butler has been Holcomb’s senior policy adviser for education and workforce since 2021. He joins several other Holcomb administration officials departing for new jobs ahead of Holcomb’s second term as …
Funeral set for former Sen. Dennis Neary
Funeral services will be held next week for former State Senate Minority Leader Dennis Neary, who died Monday at age 80. Neary, a Democrat from Michigan City, served in the Senate from 1976 to 1992, becoming the Democratic Caucus chairman in 1980 and then minority leader for four years starting in 1988. He later was …
Rush fears state supreme court could become political if individual rulings overshadow justice retention process
Chief Justice Loretta Rush said she fears the Indiana Supreme Court could become political if voters decide not to retain justices based on individual rulings. In the November election, voters will determine whether to retain Rush and Justices Mark Massa and Derek Molter. The question of their retention — typically a foregone conclusion — has …