Nathan Gotsch

It was an honor to meet Lee Hamilton in Bloomington two years ago.

We need more elected leaders like him who want to work across the aisle to try to solve our nation’s problems.

May he rest in peace.

Five new measles cases have been confirmed in Allen County, according to a new report from the Indiana Department of Health.

Three are unvaccinated minors and two are adults whose vaccination status is unclear.

All six confirmed measles cases this week are connected to each other by a single daycare facility. As previously reported, one of the workers there returned from a recent trip to Mexico and soon began experiencing symptoms.

A person with measles is contagious four days prior to the trademark rash appearing, and four days after it first appears.

In less than a week, Fort Wayne will have a new mayor. Want to know what the Democratic Party precinct chairs — the only voters who matter — think of the candidates running?

Read this post from Fort Wayne Politics, my free daily email newsletter on the race to replace Tom Henry:

What precinct chairs really think about the candidates for mayor Granted anonymity, several shared their opinions on the contenders in next Saturday’s caucus

In just ten days, 98 precinct chairs in the Allen County Democratic Party will vote to decide Fort Wayne’s next mayor.

I'm in the unique position of having met all the leading candidates during my run for Congress, and I know several precinct chairs as well.

Because of that, I have access to important information others in local media don’t. Every day, I’ve been sharing it through a free email newsletter called Fort Wayne Politics.

It’s only been up and running for about a week, but subscribers already include candidates for mayor, precinct chairs, and local media members.

You can join them — again, for free! — by going to fortwaynepolitics.com