MARCUS: Check out this regional cooperation
About 48 hours after the exciting finish of this year’s Indy 500 race, Mayors Wayne Seybold, R-Marion, and Greg Goodnight, D-Kokomo, announced the formation of the Midwest Automotive Loop.
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Critics: City’s effort to help ex-offenders ineffective
Three years after Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard launched a city office designed to help ex-offenders avoid a repeat prison visit, some of those original supporters say the city’s Office of Re-Entry Initiatives not only has fallen short of that goal but has accomplished little else.
WTHR maintains ratings lead in local news
WTHR-TV Channel 13 retained its position during the May sweeps period as the most-watched station for news in central Indiana, earning top ratings among the four local television newscasters during eight of the 10 time slots in which it airs local news.
High schools still track students after graduation
Even after 45 seniors from Indianapolis Metropolitan High School grabbed their diplomas and threw their mortar boards at a June 4 commencement, they knew they wouldn’t lose touch with their school. It’s not allowed at Indy Met.
LOU’S VIEWS: Soul searching on ‘Avenue Q’
The R-rating-worthy, ‘Sesame Street’-style show gets its regional theater premiere at the Phoenix.
KRUGMAN: The mistake of 1937 is back to haunt us
To be sure, things could be worse—and there’s a strong chance that they will, indeed, get worse.
HEIN: Africa is the next horizon for global trade
Opportunities abound for Hoosiers to get in the game. One notable industry is agriculture.
ANNALA: Sweeping cultural change has bettered not-for-profits
Times have changed, and along with those changes during the past four-plus decades have come at least four aha’s! for Ellen Annala, longtime CEO of the United Way of Central Indiana.
Few local charities growing their influence outside Indiana
At a time when the not-for-profit sector is buzzing with terms like “scaling impact” and “venture philanthropy,” few native not-for-profits have sown seeds outside Indiana. Leaders and funders emphasize the need the serve the local market first.
KETZENBERGER: Americans prefer shiny objects to substance
Gov. Mitch Daniels’ marital history has no bearing on his ability to steer the country and reveals no damning character flaws.
VAUGHN: State protects insurers better than consumers
Instead of an effective regulatory environment, the facts suggest [Insurance Commissioner Stephen] Robertson’s rubber stamp for rate increases is getting a real workout.
WOUDENBERG: Indiana Supremes blew it with police case
Rather than limit the decision to its facts, the court instead sweepingly discarded the reasonable resistance right in its entirety.
DWYER: Hiring costs can be sliced when industry cooperates
Manufacturers and distributors often avoid existing training programs.
GUILLAUME: Front-load investment in the next generation of workers
Rate of return on early childhood education is much greater than spending in later years of school, research shows.
Indiana edges toward education guarantees
The state is moving to adopt a system that ensures more high school graduates can perform in college or on the job.
Startup aims to make online car shopping easier
The horrible experience John Kohlmeyer’s mother had trying to shop for a car online inspired him to create DriveVelocity, a company that not only overhauls dealer websites but also packages all their Web-based customer-relationship tools.
KENNEDY: We need to get our civics game on
Right now, Americans are deeply involved in one of our periodic debates about government spending and the budget deficit. Important as that is, I am more concerned about our civic deficit—the widespread lack of basic constitutional literacy.
MARCUS: Should we have commuting policies?
In 2009, 80 percent of Hoosiers worked in the county where they lived, with the other 20 percent going elsewhere to work. Hardly a change from data 10 years earlier.
Electric vehicles gain traction in region
Indianapolis has one of the highest concentrations of plug-in electric vehicle drivers in the nation, an industry official says.
Decision unclear on Purdue president’s future
Purdue University leaders aren't saying whether President France Cordova will stay on the job after she reaches its normal retirement age next year.