Opinion

I learned long ago that it’s a fool’s game to make predictions about an upcoming session of Congress. That’s because, even during the decades when it functioned according to rules and tradition, the best-laid plans could be knocked askew by world or national events, shifting politics, the whims of an individual senator, or the demands of a powerful House committee chair. These days, all those things are still true — only rules and tradition have generally gone out the window, so there’s even less predictability than there used to be.

The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette

Governor Holcomb, along with leaders of the House and Senate, laid out a legislative plan to hold back students who fail to pass the third grade IREAD exam. This is a significant policy issue because about one in five Hoosier third graders fail to pass the reading test. This pass rate has worsened substantially since COVID. My back-of-the-envelope analysis suggests that adding another year of school for 15,000 children would cost over $125 million a year.

The Washington Post

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s eighth and final State of the State Address was less a call to action than it was a victory lap.

Everyone has an agenda in the Indiana General Assembly. I thought I’d round them up for you — complete with a grade.

The (Columbus) Republic

I am not feeling well. Been this way for several days.

I knew I had to appreciate it while I could.

(Terre Haute) Tribune-Star