Niki Kelly: Property taxes are necessary, system is working
Property taxes are going up and so is the debate at the Statehouse. But is there really a problem to fix?
Dick Wolfsie: Getting personal for $25
At first glance, it seemed like a pretty good deal. Enjoy a complimentary $25. gift card from one of the local supermarkets. All it required was answering a few questions online. I figured it was a marketing scam. I wasn’t born yesterday. In fact, as you’ll see, I was born 100 years ago.
Ryan Trares: Imagining an epic story
Let me tell a story.
David Carlson: Honoring the roots of the tree
I grew up in a time when most people in my town were members of one local church or another. I recall this with no intention of romanticizing an era when participation in religious life was so assumed that asking for one’s religious affiliation could be found on job applications.
Mark Franke: 2-party system’s future in question
Several books and opinion columns I’ve read in the past months have sounded the death knell of the two-party system in America. Or at least encouraged those bells to toll.
Morris: Sniffing out the state smell
I am not the world’s greatest housekeeper, so if you enter my home, you are likely to detect a musty, stale odor or two.
Richard Feldman: APRNs not equivalent to physicians
The advanced practice registered nurses, commonly known as nurse practitioners, are again at the legislature seeking independent practice. Currently an APRN with prescription authority must have a collaborative relationship with a physician that includes chart review.
JCPL Column: Meet Bibli the Bookworm
Yes, it is true! Johnson County Public Library has its very own mascot. It’s not just any mascot, but Bibli the Bookworm — short for Bibliography.
Norman Knight: Days after holidays are not so sweet
If all goes according to plan, Dear Readers, you will be wading through this column on Feb. 15, the day after Valentine’s Day. At the same time — again, if things go according to schedule — I will be sitting in a dentist’s chair wearing safety glasses and blanketed with a heavy vest having a permanent crown fitted onto my upper left back molar while yesterday’s Valentine’s celebration is just a sweet, fading memory. Thus, life goes on.
Michael Hicks: What is happening to labor supply?
Several readers have asked what is happening in labor markets, and why it is so difficult to find workers. That’s a common concern in the post-COVID world and is worthy of a deep dive into labor market data. The Indiana experience is similar to many states, but with a few notable twists.