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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ proclamation declaring June “Fidelity Month” appeared innocuous enough at first glance. For most people there’s little to argue with the idea of encouraging residents to “reflect on and renew commitments” with civic and spiritual institutions as we near our nation’s 250th birthday. The wording even appeared ...

Too easily these days, we can find ourselves entrapped in a doom loop of bad vibes and negative thinking. Social media algorithms feed us enraging engagement bait. Friends and neighbors can talk for hours about this, that or the other public outrage. Our society’s trust in institutions has dropped off the proverbial cliff. Yet over this past wee...

Indiana Democrats chose Beau Bayh as their secretary of state nominee Saturday, sending the first-time candidate — with one of the state’s most recognizable political names — into a race that party leaders see as their best opportunity for a statewide seat in more than a decade. Bayh defeated challenger Blythe Potter at the Indiana Democratic Co...

State agency leaders received a dire warning from Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office on Friday that they’re headed toward “what will likely be the most challenging budget any of us has yet faced.” “There will be significant budget shortfalls next biennium in both operating and transportation budgets,” the governor’s budget director, K.D. Chapman-See wro...