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by Jeremy Lott Print this article 'There's a logic to starting with trucks, given the technology involved and that truckers already deal with interstate and international fuel tax issues, but politically, it would be a disaster to single them out first.' Do a slim majority of people now support a vehicle miles traveled tax? That is one takeaway from the Mineta Transportation Institute's 12th annual survey of taxation and transportation. The California-based think tank didn't call it a VMT tax for the survey, released in late March. Instead, it called it a gr...

Why Biden is making more progress on economic than social issues CNN 1 day ago Analysis by Ronald Brownstein © BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday, April 8, while unveiling new efforts to get the problem under control. The magnitude of the economic proposals that President Joe Biden may pass through Congress this year is drawing legitimate comparisons to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society. But Biden simultaneously faces th...

Economic shortfalls identified SHERRY SLATER | The Journal Gazette An 18-month Brookings Institution study has identified three well-known weaknesses in Indiana's economy. The 136-page report was short on surprises but long on validation, according to an official with the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, which commissioned the study. The challenge now for economic development officials is to persuade owners of thousands of small- and medium-sized Hoosier businesses to buy into the report's recommendations, which include investing more heavily in technology, training workers and creating...

1 of 6 Code Louisville mentor Daniel Roberts, center, answers a question from student Robert Barhan during a class at Southern Indiana Works in New Albany. Photos by Daniel Suddeath | News and Tribune John Collins, foreground, a student taking a weekly class at Southern Indiana Works in New Albany, gets helps with a program from Code Louisville mentor Daniel Roberts. Daniel Suddeath | News and Tribune Students in the class said coding attracted them because it’s applicable to many parts of daily life. Daniel Suddeath | News and Tribune Kyle Anderson Tony Waterson Fl...