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Education officials wary of Braun’s property tax plan
Education officials immediately shunned a property tax plan that Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Braun proposed Friday. Aiming to provide property tax relief, Braun called for Hoosiers whose homes are valued at more than $125,000 to receive a 60% homestead deduction. He also wants Indiana homeowners whose homes are valued below that amount to get a …
Braun rolls out property tax cut plan, without strategy for revenue replacement
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Braun released a property tax plan Friday that his campaign said would result in a 21% average cut in homeowners’ tax bills. Braun said in a radio interview that his plan would return homestead tax bills to 2021 levels to wipe out increases that have largely come with jumps in property …
What to do about rural Indiana?
INDIANAPOLIS — In April, the Indianapolis Business Journal asked the then six Republican candidates for governor: “What would you do to boost the economy of rural Indiana?” They gave us all the answers: education, business investment, health care, child care, Main Streets, agricultural research, entrepreneurship and, my favorite, “maximize the expertise at Purdue.” What do …
Pete Buttigieg latest Hoosier in veepstakes
Richard Lugar, Dan Quayle, Evan Bayh and Mike Pence have played in the quadrennial presidential veepstakes. Now it’s former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s turn. Since Vice President Kamala Harris has earned enough support from delegates to secure the Democratic presidential nomination after President Joe Biden stepped away on Sunday, the U.S. Department of Transportation …
Our American Shakespearean drama
INDIANAPOLIS — A Shakespearean tragedy is characterized by death and disaster, involving characters of high societal status: Prince Hamlet, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Lord Macbeth. Macbeth lamented in Act 4, Scene 3: I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; It weeps, it bleeds; and each new day a gash is added to her wounds. …
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Anne Hathaway shines at RNC
INDIANAPOLIS — There was one clear winner at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last week, and it wasn’t Donald J. Trump or even JD Vance. It was former Indiana Republican Chair Anne Hathaway. Hathaway chaired the RNC’s arrangements committee and thus was responsible for convention logistics and optics. On the latter, the video presentation …
A consequential DNC speech 20 years ago
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The inspirational keynote speech at a national political convention 20 years ago was instrumental in bringing a landslide election of a president, even though the presidential nominee of that convention went down to defeat. That speech was delivered on July 27, 2004, by Barack Obama, then a little-known state senator from …
Why don’t we learn from economic development failures?
MUNCIE, Ind. — Many economic development leaders and elected officials think of their state or city as a business. They approach economic development policies trying to make their place competitive by offering tax incentives or direct subsidies. They also anguish over image, trying to market their community as if it were a product or service. …
A context of our current economic ‘crisis’
A recent comparison of the American economy under Donald Trump and Joe Biden consisted of nine indicators, each better under Trump than under Biden. Unaccompanied by dates or sources, these data were impossible to verify. They were devoid of context and were the very essence of political propaganda. From January 2017, when Trump took office, …
GOP’s convention unity may be contrasting with a mirage
It’s been nine years since Donald Trump arrived on the American presidential scene, prompting me to finish a number of columns by simply saying, “Anything can happen.” And so it goes. Republicans, gathered at their national convention in Milwaukee this week, are united and feeling exuberant about their chances in November. U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, …
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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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Highway department starting 1st speed camera use next month
The Indiana Department of Transportation will start its first use of cameras to enforce work-zone speed limits as allowed under legislation approved last year. The camera technology will be activated starting Aug. 14 in an Interstate 70 construction zone in Hancock County east of Indianapolis, the highway department announced this week. The use of cameras …
The month that rocked the presidential race
For almost six months into what was to be the most sensational presidential election in modern times, it seemed to be akin to Europe’s “Phony War” of 1940. Then came the debate President Joe Biden had wanted with Donald J. Trump on June 27, and suddenly Biden’s disastrous performance became the Democrats’ worst-case scenario. Biden’s …
3 county judges picked as finalists for Court of Appeals spot
Three county judges have been picked as the finalists to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Indiana Court of Appeals. That list, approved by Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission this week, did not include former Allen County Judge Wendy Davis, who applied for the appeals court spot just weeks after losing her race for the Republican …
State officials look to more data, new forecast to determine Medicaid’s budget impact
State officials on Tuesday said they were waiting for fiscal year-end data and a new Medicaid forecast to ascertain how the program’s ballooning expenditures will affect the state’s bottom line. State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla, Office of Management and Budget Director Cris Johnston and Acting State Budget Director Joseph Habig held a news conference Tuesday highlighting …
Indiana DNC delegation endorses Harris
Indiana’s Democratic National Convention delegation on Monday unanimously voted to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential candidacy, the state party said. Indiana’s 88 delegates, originally pledged to President Joe Biden, are unbound to any specific candidate after he announced Sunday he was leaving the race. Their endorsement comes as Democrats across the country have moved …