Category: Indiana Writers Group Archive
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Meth Epidemic Proving Costly to Indiana
Andrea Neal column for release Feb. 10 and thereafter780 words INDIANAPOLIS — As if Indiana’s economy didn’t have enough problems, a new one looms with potentially disastrous consequences for taxpayers. An epidemic in methamphetamine use and production is taxing our law enforcement agencies, pushing hundreds of children into the child protection system and filling up…
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Update: Reassessment a Disaster in Many Ways
Andrea Neal column for May 25 and thereafter740 words Note to editors: This updates May 25 column with Supreme Court decision for newspapers that publish column later in week. INDIANAPOLIS — The reassessment fiasco continues. If Marion County’s experience didn’t convince lawmakers the system is messed up, Lake County’s surely will. Even before tax bills…