Jennifer Wagner Chartier/ Special to IBJ

The cyclical nature of political advocacy … makes it easy to forget that life under the dome is not always the most approachable experience.

Overlooking or underestimating Gen Z voters would be a critical mistake for any campaign or candidate.

Are there circumstances that cause an issue to jump from something … in the background to something that’s having its moment?

So we have no choice but to look at the 2024 Republican field (announced and anticipated) for some glimmer of hope that our state might have decent, levelheaded leadership for the next four years—and the foreseeable future.

A whole lot of things had to go wrong for us to need the Respect for Marriage Act in the first place, but it turned out that dignity and respect are not partisan values.

The role of the party is not to come in with a heavy hand demanding absolute compliance on every single issue.

It’s easy to fall into the narrative that people don’t run for office because it’s expensive … the reasons people don’t run are a lot more nuanced.

Reporters and newsroom staff today are being asked to carry the same workload three or four folks might have carried back in the late 1990s or early 2000s.

It’s worth noting that both parties have done laudable work training up female candidates.

Service is presented not as a moment in time but as a continuum.

The way we sort and dismiss differing views makes it nearly impossible to have rational conversations about anything.

Marion County has been trending Democratic for some time, which means many of our primary elections are actually general elections.

Lawmakers don’t hear ‘well done’ as often as they hear ‘what the heck’ from their constituents, or even from the groups lobbying them.

“[Pay transparency] will lift the veil of salary secrecy and benefit those who’ve long been at a disadvantage when it comes to equal pay.”

More than 150 Indiana companies banded together to support including LGBTQ Hoosiers in the state’s nondiscrimination law.

To quote a Luke Bryan song from a couple of years back, ‘I believe most people are good.

Democrats are happy to talk about Georgians’ future and actual concerns while Republicans wallow in conspiracy theories about the past.

I felt like the questions were very much in touch with the issues local residents and workers are facing.

Therapy as a preventive measure is expensive, but it’s worth every penny to have what has been described to me as a ‘paid friend.’