“But a new report from the Indiana Institute for Working Families now finds Hoosier wages are less in line with our Midwest neighbors and more in line with paychecks in the southern states where right-to-work laws have long prevailed. Median household income is down by more than $4,500 a year since 2009. The percentage of Hoosiers earning below poverty-level wages has grown to almost 26 percent. “
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2018/08/06 Undebatable | Voters profit by candidates’ interchange of ideas
Today The Journal Gazette editorial board called on Jim Banks to stand up and defend his record and debate Courtney Tritch. Click for more…
2018/09/04 The Newest Outsider
Elect Benyousky Trustee lays it on the bottom line:
“So we dug through state records, to take a closer look at how they use our taxes. Last year Wayne Township residents paid a total of $855,000 in taxes to the Wayne Township Trustee Office, and the office used $520,000. This means taxpayers gave them $335,000 extra. What did they do with those extra taxes of yours? They added it to a pile of unused tax money collected from past years. And that unused tax money sure has added up. The trustee office now has a total of $1,209,000 of your money in the bank (over and above the $218,000 in their Rainy Day Emergency fund). ” Click for more…
2018/08/08 2-year-old who overcame the odds and learned to walk inspires millions
For Roman, and all kids like him, we defend Medicaid! For Roman and all the kids like him, we know Healthcare is a right, not a privilege! #ForRoman
2018/08/07 Request over debate dates fuels social media firestorm in Third District race
Yesterday, Courtney posted an open letter addressing Jim Banks’ disparaging personal attack on her as a single woman. In response to her request that he agree to four debates for this fall, he said, “Unlike Ms. Tritch, I have a family and a job…” He then responded to her open letter in an email to The Journal Gazette, stating:
“Tritch ‘is twisting my spokesperson’s comments yesterday to disparage my character.’”
But, as it turns out, the “spokesperson” responsible was actually Jim Banks. Watch the video below from Fort Wayne’s NBC and see for yourself:
2018/08/07 Now the Trump administration wants to limit citizenship for legal immigrants
This is NOT America!
“Details of the rulemaking proposal are still being finalized, but based on a recent draft seen last week and described to NBC News, immigrants living legally in the U.S. who have ever used or whose household members have ever used Obamacare, children’s health insurance, food stamps and other benefits could be hindered from obtaining legal status in the U.S.”
2018/08/01 After Years of Quiet, Democratic Candidates Can’t Stop Talking About Health Care
Now, Ms. McCaskill asks the [pre-existing] question at every event. A few weeks ago, she mentioned the experience to her colleague Joe Donnelly of Indiana, another Democratic senator in a close race for re-election this year. His version — asking coal workers at a Boonville, Ind., rally how many knew someone with a pre-existing condition — ‘really moved me,’ Mr. Donnelly said.
2018/07/24 Indiana spent $1.3M on child welfare studies, didn’t act
These problems are not new. They’re a direct result of the willful inaction of the Pence/Holcomb administrations. Click for more…
2018/07/25 Pakistan election: Dozens killed on voting day
There have been threats and violence in elections around the middle for years. But despite the very real threat, middle eastern citizens still vote! And here in America, over 100 million eligible voters simply choose to take this sacred act for granted. There is no more American act you can do, that’s been afforded to you through sacrifice, imprisonment, violence, and death – than voting. Vote!
Violence has erupted as millions head to the polls in Pakistan, with at least 31 dead in the worst attack, a bomb in the city of Quetta.
2018/07/16 Why A 15-Year-Old Boy Is Fighting To Be Seen As A Hate Crime Victim
At a “Third House Session” hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, both State Rep Curt Nisly and Dave Wolkins, State Representative said that there’s no need for a hate crimes law in Indiana because judges can already enhance sentences.
But they don’t.
30 days was the sentence for this horrific attack in New Haven.