HICKS: Ending subsidies good, but won’t solve debt
We currently have an unsustainable budget, and the inevitable increase in borrowing costs is simply a tax on political cowardice on the matter.
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We currently have an unsustainable budget, and the inevitable increase in borrowing costs is simply a tax on political cowardice on the matter.
Don Stumpp could not be more accurate in his [July 11 Focus column] when describing hospitals buying up medical practices.
As J.K. Wall points out in his article “Messy Math,” [July 11], in a few years employers will have the option to drop health insurance coverage, pay a penalty and encourage employees to buy insurance through government-regulated exchanges.
As you might guess, when I got the e-mailed responses, they didn’t support the contention that “everybody knows” the program’s objectives.
The U.S. Army says, “Be all that you can be.” Indiana is moving toward a different message.
An open letter to my friends in the Indiana Legislature:
It’s been a good month for the city’s old sports venues—some of which, in a relatively short time, went from being the darlings of the city’s amateur sports movement to easy targets for the wrecking ball.
Clarian Health’s recent rebranding to Indiana University Health has been good business for at least three companies in Indianapolis’ so-called measured-marketing sector. Such firms help a company overhaul its website and make changes to the “tweetosphere” and other social media channels.
Hoosier Momma Bloody Mary mix started 18 months ago and already is a profitable entity available in 350 locations and six states. This month, Hoosier Momma expanded into Kentucky, thanks to a deal with national distribution giant Southern Wine and Spirits.
The city is considering ways to channel money captured for economic development in some of its 22 tax-increment-financing districts to units such as libraries and city-county government.
Community and business leaders are considering whether to change the name of a three-block portion of Georgia Street as part of a $12 million streetscape overhaul.
Wealth and fame often lead professional athletes to share their success in the charitable arena, but those efforts rarely last much longer than their careers as the organizations struggle to survive in an already-crowded philanthropic field.
Partners at Indianapolis’ three largest law firms—Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Baker & Daniels LLP and Ice Miller LLP—are enjoying healthy pay increases despite the tough economic times.
The publication Online Media Marketing & Advertising noted that Indianapolis is home to about 70 companies in the sector.
Among the casualties is the downtown restaurant Hue and Carmel’s The Glass Chimney. El Rodeo, Eggshell Bistro and Hotcakes Emporium are among those opening locations in the area.
Midwest Title Loans prevailed in its lawsuit against the state, will collect $440,000.
Printing Partners is one of the top 10 corporate arts supporters in the nation, according to Americans for the Arts in Washington, D.C.
The new JW Marriott is one of the factors motivating other hotels to do multi-million-dollar updates.
The New York-based not-for-profit, which opened shop in Indianapolis in 2008, plans to train 100 teachers in the summer of 2012, up from 50 this year.