Glenda Ritz: Teacher pay hasn’t been priority for state since 2011
Despite the lack of language to address the real issues of teacher pay, the Legislature expects the local districts to pay teachers more.
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Todd Huston: Lawmakers did their part to help schools boost pay
While the state is a partner in the funding of schools, decisions on teacher pay are made based upon communities’ needs.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Mental-health screening for children must be norm
It’s as if we collectively shrug our shoulders and say, “These diseases are too hard to handle, so you’re on your own.”
Deborah Hearn Smith: Things to work on this summer
On a local level, sponsor a child in a summer program. Help a child before he or she becomes a victim.
Una Osili: Rallying for Notre Dame and other great causes
To unleash more resources to worthy causes, we need leaders and policy environments that will facilitate rather than limit philanthropic capital.
Adrianne Slash: Moving the needle on racism in Indianapolis
We have neighbors who are doing really well living beside neighbors who haven’t had the same access to or benefits from the same opportunities.
Jennifer Ping: Braun’s workforce-training bill is worthy of passage
Without a dedicated focus to filling this gap, it is estimated the skilled-worker shortage could reach 11 million nationwide by 2020.
Brandt Hershman: When is a tax cut a bad idea?
My view is that, if people don’t like paying high state and local taxes, they need to change their state and local legislators.
John McDonald: Connected tech in aisle 6
Imagine if we could help eliminate food deserts altogether by using autonomous vehicles to deliver groceries to underserved neighborhoods.
Dana Black: GOP-led Legislature focuses in all the wrong places
The Republican supermajority and the governor are failing to prepare Indiana for an ever-changing and uncertain future.
Ed DeLaney: The charm of statistics and the allure of central planning
I am confronted with two efforts to impose plans from above and to drown us under statistics designed to ensure that the plans are executed.
Gary Varvel: Taylor students have bought into Pence caricature
It’s possible for people of faith to serve in government and have a godly impact.
Riley Parr: Don’t sacrifice free enterprise for ‘complete’ equality
These adherents’ focus is to use the law in an attempt to manufacture equality across all spheres of life.
Brad Rateike: A ‘bad’ movie with good lessons for politics, business
Demonstrating grace in defeat is probably the most difficult thing any political candidate is ever asked to do—and some are never able to do it.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Why 37-year-old Pete Buttigieg is rising fast
Buttigieg speaks of inclusion, not division. He envisions an America that serves all.
Michael Leppert: Welcome to Indy, NRA! I will keep my remarks brief.
Without a villain, someone who scares members into believing their guns are about to be confiscated, membership drops.
Anne Hathaway: NRA members defend freedom. Let’s welcome them.
Gun ownership among women is on the rise, with many women viewing gun ownership as an empowering tool for defending themselves or their families.
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.
Curt Smith: Mayor Pete’s only stumble is his attacks on Pence
Mayor Pete (his preferred nickname) is off to a start that’s more than impressive; it is stellar.
Michael Leppert: Biden’s greatness aside, it might be Buttigieg’s time
It’s easy to get excited about Mayor Pete if you are a Democrat in Indiana. His brand is as refreshing as there is on the national stage.