Boilermaker. Dad. Former newspaper guy. Unofficial property tax expert. You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.
Fort Wayne, IN
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If you smoke a pack a day, Indiana's new cigarette tax will cost you $2 a day, $730 per year.
If you quit smoking, you'll save ~$10.70 per day, $3,905 per year.
Quitting is hard, but there's resources to help. Good for your health. Good for your wallet.
quitnowindiana.com/
It's because the price of candy feels like 100% higher than it was a year ago.
Big bag of chocolate bars is like $20.
The National Retail Federation estimates consumers will spend $13.5 billion this year on Halloween, or about $400 million more than last year. cnn.it/4BvVX4p
Depending on what the payout is, I'd buy the Engling bet.
I would strongly advise wagering against the "I don't know anything about my ballot" straight-ticket voter who is not engaged at all but who will run up free R votes in this state.
Question: If you eliminate property taxes for homeowners, are you ALSO eliminating property taxes for rentals, farmers and businesses?
If yes, do you realize how much a shift to workers/consumers that will be and how huge a break for businesses?
Had someone tell me yesterday that "Now is not the time" to vote for an independent.
My response: "If people don't start supporting more and other options now and consistently in the future, we'll soon be right back to R vs. D with no other option."
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Captain Picard, noooooo! 😭
BREAKING: Patrick Stewart, acting legend of "Star Trek" and "X-Men" fame, dies at 86. apnews.com/article/patrick-s…
When I was watching them against Purdue Fort Wayne, CJ Cox was clearly on a different level.
But if you had to ask me who the No. 2 contributor was on this squad, I couldn't answer. It felt like Painter was searching for one in these exhibitions but no one was emerging.
Indiana and most of the other Top 10 Blue Collar states are also in the Bottom 10 for median household income.
Are Hoosiers the hardest-working people in the United States? A new study suggests they might be.
REPORT: wane.com/news/indiana/study-…
I thought we didn't want any South America refugees in America? 🤔
Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted U.S. visas after his weekend loss to President Lula, a senior U.S official says. apnews.com/article/brazil-fl…
Voter fraud is allegedly so widespread and common that the White House has to offer a $1M prize to try to find a legitimate case and the Indiana Attorney General is just now prosecuting its first *ever* case.
Voters: "Affordability is a top issue. Prices remain high and making ends meet is a continuing struggle."
Indiana: "Let's build a casino in northeast Indiana!"
"Bray said the suspension of fuel taxes had left the state with an estimated $1.2 billion shortfall for road work."
Who could have seen that coming except literally everyone?
Senate Pro Tem @bray_rodric tells Greenwood Rotary the redistricting fight was one of the most challenging periods of his life, and he stands behind the Senate’s decision. Also: a $1.2B road shortfall, and Medicaid is now about 24% of the budget. indypolitics.org/bray-defend…
You'll also notice that Kyiv, which is hit almost daily by Russian kamikaze drones, is nowhere near the front lines of the war.
Because it's a terrorism operation.
Cast my vote today. Several hundred people at Ivy Tech here in Fort Wayne casting ballots. More than I expected for a midterm.
I cast a nice mixed ballot. Voted no on the ballot questions and no on casino. Ballard. Mix of candidates in local races. Left a couple blank.
Go vote!
Didn't they already try (and fail) with this exact same thing with the Brenda Wilson/Alexandra Wilson thing in the Greg Goode primary?
The Trump administration has preemptively filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska's US Senate election if the Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in the state which could decide the balance of power in the Senate. cnn.it/4i52DPm
