Pre-K’s broken promise
“Children learning, parents earning!” That was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s summation of the case for the “comprehensive...
Gas tax increases are as predictable as fireworks in July
When fireworks and flags roll around, so do Indiana’s gas tax hikes.
Yet another one-cent increase goes into effect...
Indiana’s ailing public health system spending
Two years ago, the pandemic made what was clear even more obvious.
Indiana doesn’t...
The honorable Mr. Pence
Mike Pence, after about seven years of campaigning with Donald Trump, serving with Trump, and showing as...
Women’s lengthy journey is far from being over
This is Women’s History Month, and as we celebrate the accomplishments of women, we need to think...
Indiana lawmakers need to do more listening in 2023
My New Years wish is pretty simple: I would like lawmakers to listen to what Hoosiers want. all Hoosiers, not just the...
‘The ‘Quilhot bid’ — a calculated risk
I have a new phrase to add to your vocabulary and self-help guide: the Quilhot bid.
Remote work is Indiana’s biggest opportunity and risk
Indiana is in the beginning of labor market restructuring that offers a once in a century opportunity - and risk. Normally, government...
Yogi Berra would have something to say
“We just agree different.” Yogi Berra
Mark Franke
I had an unofficial undergraduate minor in...
Is it déjà vu or just a full brain?
Most of you have undoubtedly experienced déjà vu, that eerie sense that something you have never encountered...