If sales taxes continue to fall in tandem with income taxes, the results would be crushing for Indiana; we collect more than half our general fund revenue from sales taxes (the 50-state average is about 31%).
We must provide as many people as possible access to health and safety information in their primary language. Failure to do so threatens the health of every one of us.
Reality seems to echo Warren Buffett, who famously stated, “Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.”
Indiana law is clear that unemployed workers are not required to accept offers of employment or reemployment if conditions are not “suitable.”
We now have a five-stage tangled web of differing and undefined “capacities” that are all voluntary and admittedly unenforceable and will quickly be seen as entirely optional.
Hotel Tango hand sanitizer can now be found in Navy shipbuilding yards in Wisconsin, shoe retailers around the country, shipping companies that handle packages as an integral part of their business, as well as military ships and bases around the world.
When Daniels and the Republicans in the Statehouse told Hoosier voters they were “protecting taxpayers” by putting tax caps in the state’s constitution, objections by mayors and warnings by fiscal and tax policy experts were pooh-poohed. Politics won. Prudent and informed policy lost.
Going without college sports pales in comparison to the sacrifices made at hospitals every day, but the absence of normalcy weighs on everyone.
It’s no surprise that those of us who see the arts as a core part of our identity are finding ways to connect with creative expression even when we can’t gather in theaters, in the studio, on the street or in the gallery. We stream performances, collaborate remotely or document life at home.
To overcome this crisis, we need to balance regulations that protect Indiana’s health with the freedom of private individuals to develop indispensable solutions.
Under the federal government’s national emergency declaration, employers, corporate foundations and public charities have been granted more flexibility to issue financial assistance to employees facing hardship as the result of the pandemic.
I know people are under enormous strain and very tough days and weeks are ahead for all of us, but companies should not be afraid to share what they’re doing to help, how they are growing or how they are making life better in their communities. Good news is still important.
The changes the state is making in the primary due to the coronavirus pandemic might indefinitely alter how we carry out campaigns and conduct elections going forward. Today’s alternative might become tomorrow’s norm.
Across the economy, private and not-for-profit enterprises are going to discover which works of theirs, and which expenditures, are really essential.
The most important lesson to be learned by policymakers and plutocrats alike is that fortunate people are secure only when everyone is secure.
I often tell my children that, if you think you’ve saved enough, it probably still isn’t enough. One big hit can be devastating, and we are clearly in the midst of one today.
With most Americans stuck at home working and taking care of their children, payments directly to them will mean rent and mortgages can be paid and groceries can be purchased during this economic crisis.
Government must have the means to react quickly and decisively to contain a catastrophic disease outbreak—actions that might infringe on individual freedoms.
Social distancing is a prudent way to manage the risk of contracting a disease like the coronavirus, but it is a dangerous way to live.
Myriad factors drive the gaps in access to medication for opioid use disorder.
