INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s coronavirus restrictions will ease in parts of the state on Friday, two days ahead of schedule, to allow for more activity over the Memorial Day weekend, the governor said Wednesday.
Along with many states, Indiana is moving slowly away from some restrictions in the stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders implemented in late March. Over that six-week period, more Hoosiers died of COVID-19 than died in the Vietnam War. The state’s economy experienced unprecedented damage. The next jobs report will be the worst since the Great Depression,…
We now enter a fifth week with shelter-in-place orders. As the governor contemplates easing some restrictions, it would be useful to know whether or not these rules saved lives, and how much they altered our economy. Unfortunately, we must wait months, if not years, for a clear answer. Those pondering such weighty matters don’t have…
As a Main Street entrepreneur who has built a number of businesses including a trucking and logistics company, as well as watching my wife run a successful local boutique store in our hometown of Jasper, I’m proud that President Donald Trump asked me to join his Congressional Economic Task Force to advise him on a…
April 15th usually marks Tax Day, but this year, it’s just another Wednesday, a reminder that nothing is “business as usual” in the middle of a global pandemic. With large sectors of our economy shut down and unemployment claims soaring, extending the deadline to July 15th was the right thing to do as many Americans…
The nation’s monthly jobs report published earlier this week was jarring. I write before its publication but expect the unemployment rate to more than double. Monthly job losses are sure to crush the previous record of September 1945. Despite this, it is worth noting that September 1945 was surely the most welcomed month in all…
To the Citizens of Huntingburg; As your Mayor, I have had many opportunities to speak about my hometown, whether locally or across the State of Indiana, and I am always proud to say Huntingburg is, “A City Like No Other!” This is true for many reasons. We are accustomed to high achievement. We are proud…
To the Editor: This letter is intended to clarify the role of your local law enforcement agency in enforcing our Governor’s Executive Order (20-08) entitled “Directive for Hoosiers to Stay at Home.” While we respect the Governor’s order and encourage all citizens to comply, local law enforcement agencies are not making random stops of citizens…
No individual human life is possessed of infinite value. At least, none of us actually behave as if it does. No matter how fully each of us wishes to live, we inevitably take risks. We ride in automobiles, eat food prepared by unknown hands, trust in medicines and home appliances tested by scientists. At some…
This is the third column I’ve written this week. The first two were overcome by fast-changing events. So, I will surrender to the deadline and pen a few words about how to think about COVID-19 over the longer term. This should help us formulate and accept the challenges of the coming months. We are in…
