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Keep Hoosiers informed on air quality

Officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) want to stop publishing public notices in the newspaper. If they are allowed, the change will harm Hoosiers and set a dangerous precedent for other public agencies. The agency wants to capitaliz

Lurking in the grass

It’s is finally the time of year to get outside and enjoy warm weather and sunshine with children and pets. But beware of ticks. These nasty little creatures hide in the tall grass and are looking to dogs and human for their next meal of blood. The Centers fo

Cut government and drain the swamp

President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to “drain the swamp.” Looks like his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, never got the message. News broke last week that companies paid Mr. Cohen millions of dollars for counsel on a host of issues he has litt

Violence haunting our children

There was another school shooting Friday. This one was at Santa Fe High School in Texas. The previous argument for more gun control based on school shootings doesn’t even die out before a new shooting comes along. But there are a lot of school shootings these

Honor our police

We respect and honor people who do their much needed job day in and day out, often without appreciation and too often in the face of outright threats and scorn. Life is not fair and people are not perfect but the ones among us us who stand on the front lines o