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With a $1 trillion infrastructure package on the books and the Biden administration’s $1.8 trillion “Build Back Better” measure preoccupying the Senate after passing the House, government spending is very much on Americans’ minds. In public meetings, I frequently hear people say that government’s share of the economy is too big, and it’s likely that voters’ feelings about federal spending in particular will figure prominently in next year’s elections.

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Not uncommonly when my patients are seen, for example, at a specialist’s office or urgent care clinic, they return to my office confused about specifically who provided their care.

The call came at the wrong moment.

Inspired in the fall of 2021, I registered for a race equity training program sponsored by local nonprofit organizations in Bartholomew County.

I have given up all hope of returning to the day of e pluribus unum. I certainly don’t expect anyone in Washington D.C. or the New York City media center to repent of their divisive ways and take on this noble cause.

Orwellian legislation that would seek to limit what can be taught in Indiana schools is terrible for a multitude of reasons — so bad that once again, the Indiana General Assembly’s work product has made the state a national laughingstock.

From: Caleb Tennis

From: Dennis Brooks

Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s State of the State Address celebrated the state’s sunny fiscal forecast and presented a modest list of priorities in this non-budget legislative year. With $3.9 billion in state reserves, Hoosier taxpayers automatically will be getting a refund totaling $545 million.