Memory Bank: ‘Masters of Disaster’ chess player takes on Mayor Hudnut in 1983
In 1983, a chess team from IPS School No. 27 took on an elite private school from Manhattan in the National Elementary School Chess Championship—and won.
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Sheila Kennedy: Privatizing parking meters is a mistake we’re stuck with
When you contract away your flexibility and your authority to make decisions that are responsive to unforeseen events, you can end up owing a lot of money to the private vendor.
Lucas White: Credit unions have unfair advantage over banks
In the past 80-plus years, however, credit unions have grown substantially in size and scope, bearing little resemblance to their forebears. Their current clientele often are affluent, and field-of-membership requirements have been stretched beyond recognition.
Letter: Gutwein served community well
As past chairs of the Eskenazi Health Foundation (formerly the Wishard Memorial Foundation) we are in a unique position to set the record straight regarding Matt Gutwein. Matt has done as much or more for the Indianapolis community as any person we know and he deserves the thanks and appreciation of the community.
Letter: Flatten the curve this Election Day
My office is encouraging registered, Marion County voters to vote by absentee ballot. Voting by mail ensures your safety and simultaneously helps flatten demand on the election system ahead of Election Day.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Households holding on to more of their money is a good thing
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ has reported the U.S. household savings rate at 26% for the second quarter of 2020, nearly three times the post-WWII average of 9%.
Editorial: IU’s next president must confront coming enrollment cliff
Population projections indicate a substantial drop in the number of high school graduates is coming in the next few years, which means fewer incoming college freshmen to attract.
Architect Stephen Alexander helping to sketch future of Old Southside
He has a big plan for the south side of downtown, but the plan is ever evolving and it will require hundreds of millions of dollars in investment and large-scale rethinking of development along the Interstate 70 corridor.
Despite rally, most state stocks still down in 2020
Even though the S&P 500 is near a record high, just 15 of 55 Indiana public companies tracked by IBJ are up for the year.
PETE THE PLANNER: COVID could teach us important money lessons
The pandemic is not over yet, nor is the economic fallout, but I do believe Americans’ financial sensibility could conceivably shift in a healthier direction.
Q&A with Keith Walker, former owner of Above and Beyond Limousine Services
This year looked promising for the limousine company—until the pandemic hit in early March and the firm was forced to close.
City government workers not as diverse as residents they serve
Indianapolis city-county government has work to do recruiting and retaining more minority employees—particularly Hispanic workers—if its staff is going to reflect the population it works for.
Ballyhooed Simon Cancer Center to empty out by 2026
Just 12 years after opening to great fanfare, the future of the $150 million center, a partnership between the Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health, is full of questions.
Groundbreaking well-being app targets Black women’s stressors
Entrepreneur Katara McCarty says the Exhale app she developed “speaks to the path of women of color.”
Indiana reports 1,044 more COVID-19 cases, jump in testing
The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday reported 17 more deaths from COVID-19, the largest number of deaths since Aug. 26.
Business groups criticize Marion County’s tougher restrictions on bars
The Indiana Amusement Operators Association and the Indiana License Beverage Association said bars and taverns in Marion County are finding it almost impossible to survive due to pandemic restrictions.
U.S. unemployment falls to 8.4% as employers add 1.4 million jobs
The U.S. economy has recovered about half of the 22 million jobs lost to the pandemic.
Startup takes high-tech approach to stopping leaks before homeowner gets soaked
An Indianapolis startup with a unique back story is introducing a solution to a very old—and expensive—problem. Peril Protect is ready for national expansion.
Owner closes Butler-Tarkington hardware store after 43 years in business
The Ace Hardware owner cited a variety of reasons for the closure, including the difficulty of competing against larger retailers and increased business costs.
Indiana COVID updates: Caution urged over holiday weekend; IU seeks Greek house closures
Indiana University officials have asked all 40 fraternity and sorority houses on its Bloomington campus to shut down because high rates of coronavirus infections, even as new statewide COVID-19 risk ratings show most counties have minimal or moderate virus spread.