BOEHM: Approach provides way to measure gerrymandering
It might be 2018 before the Supreme Court addresses potentially groundbreaking issues in redistricting with major implications for many states, including Indiana.
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IRELAND: Trump’s phone call challenged ‘One China’ fiction
The United States has since spent 40 years both sustaining a tempered relationship with Beijing while holding a range of informal ties with the Taiwanese.
SIDDIQUI: How Bill Clinton pushed Republicans to the far right
Many have seen Bill Clinton’s triangulation as simply a pragmatic way of making public policy in the center. Through the lens of history, I disagree.
SHABAZZ: I’ve heard enough whining from the anti-Trump crowd
Seriously, folks, you all need to take a step back from the hyperbole, the histrionics and the hyperventilating. It’s getting really old really quickly.
WAGNER: Democratic Party has chance to rise from ashes
We can make excuses and say Democrats lost in 2016 because it was a wave. It was undetectable anger, a populist outcry that didn’t show up in the polls. Or we could recognize it as an opportunity.
DIETER: Trump’s picks for top posts add to post-election anxiety
Now Trump, having won election on the backs of people who can ill afford to carry him, is assembling a leadership team of moneyed misfits poised to usher in an oligarchy. It is clearer than ever that the Founders’ ideals are truly the stuff of history.
WOLLEY: With stakes so high, everyone just keeps fighting
The political left seems to have found some moral mandate snatching victory in the popular vote—even after enduring a compelling loss based on the rules everyone understood going into the American electoral process.
ROBERTSON: Opportunity knocks: Will the Republican Party answer?
Issues I have always believed can and should be solved through Republican leadership. We have all the opportunity and potential in the world. The question is whether we will live up to that potential.
MEREDITH: Here are four ways to help teachers feel inspired again
Hoosiers know we need the best educators to ensure a vibrant economic climate for our state and to ensure our kids have a secure financial future. If we’re serious about every kid’s future, let’s get serious about doing what works.
SHEPARD: Let’s view Carrier deal from glass-half-full perspective
The economists who saw the Carrier glass as half-empty said these recent events represented a “spot solution” rather than a policy or a strategy. “It’s not easily replicated,” said one. Another suggested the transaction could theoretically open a “floodgate” for businesses seeking tax breaks.
Coats ‘staff tree’ is tallest among Hoosier leaders
Over four decades of public service Coats groomed a team with more influence after leaving his staff than any Hoosier officeholder in recent memory.
LETTER: Vaping is a viable way to quit smoking cigarettes
Smokers deserve access to reduced-harm alternatives, and they deserve the truth about the safety of vaping.
TAMM: Trump should consider burdensome impact of rules
This rule is too much, too soon and it will have a far-reaching negative impact on the nation’s second-largest private-sector industry and the millions who work in the industry.
LETTER: Leaders must pay attention to poverty throughout city
This report should make us think that we are living in a state and a city that values the balance sheet more than the welfare of its citizens.
FRASER: Provisions would boost economy, help families
The Trump administration should defend the conservative benchmark of this overtime rule in order to boost the economy through higher wages, put more families on the path to economic self-sufficiency, and save us from coming back in the future to make large, burdensome and past-due changes to the salary-level test moving forward.
AMSTUTZ: Embracing history to shape the Next Indiana
In 1825, nine years into statehood, Indiana underwent a governmental change for the sake of shifting demographics. With the state’s bicentennial just a few days away, we face similar shifts in demographics and other economic and cultural realities, so we might want to consider lessons learned from that change.
PETERSON: A Dem’s advice for our new GOP governor
Taking office without a plan is like trying to cross the Atlantic in a small boat without navigation equipment.
MORRIS: Milano Inn a landmark worth keeping
Owned by just two families in its 82 years, the restaurant is a downtown institution.
TIF strategy shows savvy
Under Joe Hogsett’s new approach for neighborhood projects, the developer backs the bonds and is on the hook if revenue isn’t enough to cover bond payments. We think the mayor is on the right track.
BOHANON & STYRING: Look beyond those happy Carrier employees
The $7 million benefit over a 10-year period is peanuts compared to the near $65 million in annual savings Carrier would garner from the Mexico move.