Indiana Tax Policy: A Government Against Us
For immediate release 623 words By Craig Ladwig What good that can be said about Indiana’s economy was not in the governor’s press releases last week. It is in our geographic good fortune to be surrounded by some of the highest-taxing, biggest-spending, most anti-business states in the nation. Now for the bad news: Indiana Read the full article…

Indiana’s Property Tax System: Fix it or Scrap it?
For immediate release 623 words By Eric Schansberg Hundreds of protestors in front of the governor’s residence — twice in one week . . . people afraid to receive their property tax bills — and then often angry when they look at them . . . property owners concerned about short-term tax bills and Read the full article…

Where’s the Property Tax Cap We Were Promised?
Indiana Writers Group column for immediate release 740 words By Andrea Neal Two years ago, after the last disastrous round of reassessment, Indiana lawmakers promised to cap rising property taxes. Most Hoosier taxpayers thought that they had. A 2006 law established a limit — 2 percent — on the percentage of a home’s value you Read the full article…

Are High Taxes Restricting Indiana’s Growth?
521 words Indiana Writers Group column for July 11 and thereafter (Digital mug shot available on request) By John Tatom The “Hoosier Comeback” program sponsored by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation is part of a strategy to boost economic growth, in this case through increasing the quantity and quality of available human resources. The plan Read the full article…

Violence Is Focal Point of Indy Mayoral Race
Indiana Writers Group column for June 27 and thereafter 710 words By Andrea Neal INDIANAPOLIS — The FBI’s report that murders are up in big cities came as no surprise to Indianapolis residents who could have guessed as much reading one week of newspaper headlines: “Man fatally shot outside nightclub,” “Man dies after shooting near Read the full article…

Don’t Drink (Milk) and Drive It’s Too Expensive
Indiana Writers Group column for June 20 and thereafter 663 words Digital mug shot available on request; editors may want to insert their local milk prices for those in paragraph six. By Eric Schansberg After a bike ride with our boys two weeks ago, my wife and I went to a local grocer and were Read the full article…

