Middle Class
GUEST COMMENTARY: Indiana's GOP didn't listen to middle class
Last year, Hoosiers entrusted the Republican Party with some of their most precious possessions.
Indiana budget plan cuts taxes by $1.1 billion
INDIANAPOLIS | Despite polls showing Hoosiers want Indiana to invest more in education, roads and other state services, the Republican-controlled General Assembly is poised to enact the largest package of tax cuts in state history.
The Great Reset - Disappearing Jobs
Job seekers wait in a line at a job fair in Southfield, Mich. In the United States, half of the 7.5 million jobs lost during the Great Recession were paid middle-class wages, ranging from $37,000 to $68,000. But only 2 percent of the 3.4 million jobs gained since the recession are mid-pay. (…
TurboTax
A Costco shopper purchases TurboTax at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. According to a three-month AP investigation released in January 2013, five years after the start of the Great Recession, instead of relying on someone else in the workplace or their personal lives, people are using techno…
House Republicans shoot down Democrats' middle class amendment
INDIANAPOLIS | House Democrats discovered Thursday the Republican supermajority will hang together in the name of party unity even if it means ignoring the needs of middle class families.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Dems want to put Indiana's House in order
The last two elections have seen the House turn from an evenly divided chamber into one controlled by one party by a substantial margin.
There's no denying what's happened to middle class
When considering what's happened to the middle class, if denial could be a publicly traded company, it would be valued in excess of Apple, Google and Microsoft combined.
Middle class sees 'worst decade in modern history'
WASHINGTON | The middle class is receiving less of America's total income, declining to its smallest share in decades as median wages stagnate in the economic doldrums and wealth concentrates at the top.
All Americans should stand up in support of our middle class
As most people know, there are many pieces of legislation pending in Indiana and nationwide concerning teachers, labor rights and the middle class. The attacks on the middle class happening across the country are unprecedented in our time and haven't been seen since the turn of the century.
North Township inundated with requests for help
MUNSTER | Kevin Robert, a Munster man with a stay-at-home wife and toddler triplets, was leading a contented life when he was abruptly sacked by his company last September.
Mortgages The Non-Payment Plan
Realtor placing a foreclosure sign on the for sale sign in front of a home.
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