BOHANON & STYRING: Widely cited CBO scores have their shortcomings
CBO doesn’t look beyond immediate, first-order consequences of legislation.
CBO doesn’t look beyond immediate, first-order consequences of legislation.
The sales tax is a long-established way for state governments to pay for the services their constituents demand—and it’s ridiculous to allow some retailers to skip it.
The 40,000-member fraternity has been based in the Philadelphia area since its founding in 1850.
Eli Lilly and Co. announced the “strategic research collaboration” Thursday morning, calling it the largest agreement of its kind between Purdue and a single company.
Sometime in early autumn, the U.S. Treasury will run out of cash and once again beg Congress to raise the debt limit.
The Senate Republican health care bill rations care and massively increases everyone’s premiums in order to fund $300 billion in tax breaks to the top 2 percent of income earners. It robs the poor and gives to the rich.
With the district projecting its high schools will be at only 37 percent capacity in the coming school year, it’s hard to argue IPS should keep all its schools open.
The 16 Tech innovation district, an ambitious economic development project in the works in Indianapolis for more than a decade, has hired a top executive whose goal is to turn the downtrodden area into a thriving center for entrepreneurship and innovation.
Agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. is considering whether to go ahead with a planned seed-processing and distribution facility after Greenwood's mayor dropped his support for providing property tax breaks toward the project.
The study’s finding that students who remain in the program improve over time gives new credence to advocates who said it was unreasonable to judge a program based on only one or two years of data.
The researchers analyzed student records for public and private school students in grades 3-8 during the first four years of Indiana’s voucher program from 2011 to 2015.
The church is negotiating to purchase a 38-acre property in Fishers about a mile north of a proposed site for its congregation that nearby residents resisted.
The Indiana Pacers selected UCLA forward TJ Leaf with the 18th overall pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night as they head into an off-season of uncertainty.
Sometimes paying for something is better than getting it for free. Enter private enterprise.
Jane and Terry Fleck wanted to create a respite with Old World charm and a formal garden.
The feed-corn product, called Enlist, could represent the largest product launch in Dow Ag’s history, but environmentalists say they will fight to ban the companion herbicide.
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. said the Purdue-based partnership will create the nation's most advanced turbine lab for compact gas engines.
Q&A with Sherry Aaholm, Cummins Inc.: “My mother, early on, taught me the value of hard work, the value of recognizing diversity, the value of recognizing engagement and the fact that you’re just as powerful to do what you want to do.”
In April, Carmel officials put out a call for a developer to construct for-sale housing options on the parcel adjacent to the Carmel fire and police departments.