The Indiana Policy Review Foundation (IPR) is an Indiana fusion conservative and libertarian,

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. According to its web site, the IPR’s mission is to "marshal the best thought on governmental, economic and educational issues at the state and municipal level." The IPR publishes the ''Indiana Policy Review''. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, it is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. IPR is a member of the

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, an umbrella organization of conservative and libertarian think tanks operating at the state level.

History

IPR was co-founded by its board chairman, Charles S. Quilhot, editor, T. Craig Ladwig, Stephen E. Williams and Byron S. Lamm, in 1989. U.S. Vice President and former Indiana governor

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was its president from 1991 to 1994, In a speech to the

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in 2008, then-Representative Pence said, "I was part of, what we called the seed corn Heritage Foundation was spreading around the country in the state think tank movement. We actually called our little foundation in Indiana the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, very much as a homage to Policy Review Magazine of Heritage, and we modeled on the state level what Heritage had done before."

Policy positions

The institute supports policy positions rooted in individual liberty, personal responsibility,

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principles, and

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. It explicitly does not address social issues often identified with modern conservatism.

Organization and activities

The Indiana Policy Review Foundation publishes the ''Indiana Policy Review'', a quarterly journal to promote IPR's mission "to marshal the best thought on governmental, economic and educational issues at the state and municipal levels." IPR's staff and scholars supply columns to newspapers throughout the state. Staff and scholars also conduct research on a range of public policy issues and offer analysis and proposals through reports and publications to public servants, citizens, and the media. Adjunct scholars * Jeff Abbott *

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* T. Norman Van Cott * Ryan Cummins * Maryann Keating * John Kessler * Fred McCarthy * Andrea Neal * Darcy Owens * John Pickerill * Eric Schansburg * Lisa Snell

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.inpolicy.org Political and economic think tanks in the United States Libertarian think tanks Libertarian organizations based in the United States Charities based in Indiana Lobbying in the United States