Pinned
Indiana allows unlimited e-learning days in lieu of snow days. Now parents drop everything to become teacher assistants with zero notice. It's not tenable.
James Briggs
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James Briggs
@JamesEBriggs
- Starbucks is opening a new location in downtown Indianapolis about 1,000 feet from the location it closed in 2022 because of crime and which is now occupied by another coffee shop.
- Kamala Harris should ignore geography, voting blocs and identity politics and look for the best vice presidential candidate, period. It's Pete Buttigieg.
- 🚨 Exciting news: I’m joining Axios! I’ll provide reporting and analysis on Indianapolis government, politics, business and more in a newsletter expected to launch in January.
- 📰 Professional news: I’ve accepted a buyout from Gannett. I’ll end my run as @indystar columnist after Thanksgiving. This has been every bit the dream job I imagined. I’m thankful to editors who gave me the opportunity and, most of all, everyone who read & engaged with my work.
- The wreckage of the USS Indianapolis, which my grandfather served on and was among 317 to survive, has been found.
- No one was going to hold Carson Wentz’s on-field performance up to the standards of Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck because that’d be unfair and absurd, but when it comes to off-field choices, @GreggDoyelStar goes there and these paragraphs are murderous. indystar.com/story/sports/c…
- “He’s not afraid of the moment. He is the moment.” Great line.
- I try not to do these kinds of columns very often because I don't want to fall into a trap of writing attention-seeking takedowns, but Todd Rokita really, truly sucks and Indiana is worse off for having him as attorney general.
- Scoop: Indianapolis is closing part of Monument Circle to traffic and redeveloping Georgia Street to make it mostly car-free by 2025
- Jennifer McCormick has run a substantive, disciplined campaign, while Mike Braun has failed to control the Micah Beckwith clown show.
- All the Republicans who used to say Trump is unfit for office are stunned to realize he is unfit for office.Safe to say that GOP senators are stunned - not in a good way - on Matt Gaetz for Attorney General
- Guy with the state-funded helipad at his house thinks hybrid schedules are bad.No more hybrid work schedules for state workers. indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/02/no-…
