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MANZO: Construction wage repeal hasn’t delivered as promised

New research from the Midwest Economic Policy Institute and Colorado State University economist Kevin Duncan has found that repeal of Indiana’s prevailing wage law has not only shrunk wages and increased income inequality, it has failed to make construction projects any cheaper.

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Veteran lawmaker takes on fledging technology issue

Last year, you learned about the state’s youngest Democratic and Republican legislators teaming up to form the Indiana Future Caucus. They sought to address future-focused issues affecting young Hoosiers across party lines—the implications of which are becoming clear to their more senior colleagues.  “This new economy affects [us] in so many ways,” Rep. Todd Huston, […]

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LETTER: Judges have the power

If you’d read Indiana law, you’d know judges already have the power to increase sentences for any reason if they feel there are mitigating circumstances such as “hate.”

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Leave forest alone

What is the value of an urban forest left standing? Besides absorbing flood runoff, and buffering noise and heat, a woods where people can walk their dogs and let the kids play is a precious asset on the north side of Indy. That’s why the Driftwood Hills Neighborhood is against Keystone Realty’s proposed Alexander at […]

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EDITORIAL: Public deserves details about $1B health project

The project is too big and too important in its potential size, location and services for the public to be in the dark about exactly what will be located on the site—especially as local officials prepare to start debating zoning changes that could make it possible.

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