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Indianapolis Business Journal

From: Ann Jones

Stan Pinegar, President, Duke Energy Indiana

Did Mike Pence save the republic and American democracy?

I’m back in elementary school. Not as a student, although, I could definitely use a refresher on fractions. I’m a classroom volunteer. Once a week, I help remedial readers in my grandson’s first grade class, and I lead a book discussion group for my granddaughter’s fifth grade class. It’s a challenge to get up at the crack of dawn on Tuesday mornings, but once I’m done with my responsibilities and heading home, I’m grateful for the time I’ve shared with the children. I see our public schools as one of the bedrocks of our democracy, and volunteering has reinforced my sense of patriotism.

As 2022 comes to a close and the legislature gears up to begin work in January, there is one constant we have learned to expect from the last 15 years of Republican rule: their actions and policies will harm the women of our state.

Came across this amusing story the other day:

‘Tis the season for gatherings and festivities, and as we’ve all gotten accustomed to in recent years, the seasonal spike in communicable viruses.

When Lucabe Coffee Co.’s Tyler and Alissa Hodge opened their second Columbus location in the former Irwin Union Bank and Trust branch in Eastbrook plaza, the building’s architectural significance wasn’t lost on them.

A recent prosecutorial oversight committee could be the poster child for why Indiana doesn’t need Legislative Interim Study Committees.