Randall Shepard: Indiana’s civic health is strong—except in voting
Our performance has been below the national turnout since about 1990.
Randall Shepard / Special to IBJ
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Randall T. Shepard: Indiana is example of why Warren tax is bad idea
Most Americans are savvy enough to know that the Warren tax would soon enough be headed their way.
Randall T. Shepard: DCS official’s resignation reveals much
Gov. Eric Holcomb spoke for us all when he told The Star he was ‘disgusted by what I read.
Randall T. Shepard: Free-tuition proposals are problematic
If all tuition is free, how will it be decided what tuition rates should exist at colleges?
Randall Shepard: Lugar changed Indiana by focusing on the world
Our connections to the world are more important than ever, and many Hoosiers have put their shoulder to the wheel.
Randall Shepard: Debate over Electoral College more nuanced than it seems
Our own South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has urged us to move to a popular vote system, saying the current system has “made our society less and less democratic.
Randall Shepard: Where will Indiana find news?
Our most promising institutions are locally based entities that are print-and-digital or broadcast-and-digital operations.
Randall Shepard: Indiana’s growing world connection
There are perhaps 70,000 or 80,000 licensed lawyers of Asian or Pacific heritage, and more than half work in law firms or corporations advising individual clients, governments and businesses.
Randall Shepard: Indiana does appellate nominations far better
Indiana has three appellate courts, and the chief judges of all three are presently women.
Randall Shepard: How our state aims to win in the technology economy
The last few weeks have demonstrated the power of education in creating opportunity.
Randall T. Shepard: Judiciary’s growing role leads to nominee scrutiny
Do not doubt that President Trump’s nominee will be asked about policies like campaign finance and regulation of abortions.
RANDALL SHEPARD: Elections no longer a shared experience
Complaining about elections has long been a national pastime, but American attitudes about the experience have recently featured far more criticism and divisiveness.
RANDALL SHEPARD: Mergers and acquisitions affect more than just investors
It’s a story closer to home that has prompted me to think about corporate mergers and Indiana.
SHEPARD: Driveable streets or wider interstates?
We have the chance to rethink the community we should be building for future decades.
SHEPARD: What it means to be a state that works
Sometimes you can learn a lot about a community by virtue of the leaders it chooses.
SHEPARD: Indiana leaders are rising to fight opioid crisis
Last year, more of our fellow citizens died from drug abuse than died in Vietnam.
Shepard: Appreciating Larry McKinney and Denise LaRue
Judges don’t have armies or taxing power at their disposal, only the power of thoughtful and impartial decisions to prompt people to follow their rulings.
Shepard: Educating Indiana’s DACA kids makes economic sense
In-state tuition for students of this capability and commitment seems like a limited, well-targeted investment in Indiana’s future.
SHEPARD: Hoosiers recognize wisdom of gas-tax hike
It was a story of Indiana as a place where collective goodwill still plays a large role in civic life, to good result.
SHEPARD: Education and advancing Indiana’s economy
We are standing on a stronger platform for improvement than many places.