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Social distancing is a prudent way to manage the risk of contracting a disease like the coronavirus, but it is a dangerous way to live.
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VIEWPOINT: Increasing access to medicine critical to opioid treatment
Myriad factors drive the gaps in access to medication for opioid use disorder.
Letter: Coronavirus response is overblown
You would think it’s the black plague with certain death if you get this, and it isn’t.
HAHN: Doom and gloom, or opportunity and unity
At some point, the uncertainty will be resolved. The fear will be tougher to dampen.
Ed Feigenbaum: Will a special session be needed to deal with the virus in Indiana?
Not even eight hours after adjournment sine die, legislative leaders were already contemplating whether the worldwide economic situation and social-distancing issues causing event cancellations could force a special session.
Can panhandling legislation survive a challenge?
A potential new law governing panhandling throughout the state could have a big impact on downtown Indianapolis, but a legal challenge could stop it from ever being enforced.
Short session was packed with activity
| Lindsey Erdody and Chalkbeat Indiana and Associated Press
Indiana lawmakers were only at the Statehouse for 10 weeks, but they debated plenty of topics.
As IndyGo launches fundraising effort, state legislators are watching
IndyGo is in the hot seat after lawmakers raised the issue during their recent 2020 legislative session of the transportation agency’s legal requirement to raise 10% of its increased tax revenue.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Action by Fed can have unintended consequences
Markets responded negatively to both Fed actions in March because the cuts themselves confirmed investors’ worst fears about the coronavirus’s impact on future profitability of American companies.
EDITORIAL: In the pandemic, a history lesson reminds us how far we’ve come
When this time of social and economic uncertainty passes—and it will—let’s rededicate ourselves to the city’s upward trajectory.
Q&A: Grocery/cafe offers food in a desert
In its ongoing effort to provide more food access to marginalized local neighborhoods, not-for-profit Flanner House of Indianapolis opened Cleo’s Bodega & Cafe last summer.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: How to successfully manage remote workers
Some companies have been caught flat-footed in their attempts to quickly train newly minted remote employees on the latest and most relevant computer skills.
Memory Bank: A singing stopover
Soldiers during World War II traveled often by train, which brought them through Union Station in Indianapolis. Both the USO and the Travelers Aid Society set up shop at the train station to help the troops with food, lodging and entertainment.
Low-wage workers have least cushion during coronavirus crisis
Many of those workers already live paycheck to paycheck—and a disruption in the flow of those checks could set off long-term financial problems. Foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcies, repossessions and more.
Social distancing shifts many small businesses into survival mode
| Kurt Christian and Mickey Shuey
Concerns about the spread of COVID-19 have put in peril thousands of businesses, from restaurants and hotels to airlines and manufacturers of consumer goods.
Indianapolis-area homebuilders see huge surge in applications
Applications for home construction permits soared 34% in the Indianapolis area in February. The flurry of new applications came before the first cases of COVID-19 hit Indiana.
UPDATE: Indiana’s primary election moved to June because of pandemic
Gov. Eric Holcomb, Secretary of State Connie Lawson, Republican Party Chairman Kyle Hupfer and Democratic Party Chairman John Zody announced the agreement Friday morning.
Income tax filing deadline moved to July 15 from April 15
The delay, announced Friday morning, is available to people who owe $1 million or less and corporations that owe $10 million or less.
Stores set up senior shopping hours amid coronavirus fears
Target, Whole Foods, Walmart and Dollar General, as well as supermarkets in Europe, began dedicating early-morning shopping times for older customers this week. The idea seems to have worked well in smaller shops but backfired in some larger stores.
Goodwill closing 80 thrift stores in central, southern Indiana during pandemic
The not-for-profit, which has more than 4,000 employees, encouraged people to continue making drive-up donations at the stores during limited hours.
