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MYERS: Male circumcision is nowhere near clear-cut
Indiana still has one of the highest circumcision rates in the nation, at 82 percent.
HOWEY: Window for government reform is closing
Daniels acknowledged much of the agenda will be unfulfilled when he leaves office.
WAGNER: Lugar’s ‘broken brand’ began with negative ad
Think Crystal Pepsi and New Coke. Or in the case of exploding products, consider the Ford Pinto.
MAHERN: Pining for an era when senators were senatorial
Lugar decided sound public policy trumped standing by and watching his colleagues pass a bad bill.
FERGUSON: Hoosiers won’t benefit from anti-Lugar fervor
Being a long-serving member of the Congress representing a state used to be a huge net plus.
RIVERA: Dreaming up charter school possibilities
Imagine high school graduates from the Eli Lilly or the Cook Pharma Charter School of Chemistry.
TAFT: Charters are stable arks amid flood of change
The relative autonomy of charter schools will allow them to focus on their internal success in spite of the chaos of system breakdown around them.
MUTZ: Ballard needs Unigov wisdom for education
For traditionalists, IPS faces a perfect storm. For a thoughtful mayor, it is a perfect opportunity.
BONIFIELD: An economic-development reality check
It was not until the city was asked to act that latent objections emerged.
STYRING: State’s voucher law on rock-solid legal ground
The primary effect of a voucher is not to benefit the religious school. It’s to educate the child.
MARCUS: Vouchers are fine, but about those details…
Without standards of performance, taxpayers sign blank checks while children are set up for future failures.
VANE: No reason for vouchers to divide reformers
Forgive me, but I am perplexed as to why this issue is so controversial.
Plan envisions hot growth for downtown Indianapolis
A study commissioned by the office of Mayor Greg Ballard envisions a much more densely populated, walkable downtown core stretched by several blocks and supported by another Circle Centre mall's worth of retail and enough new office space to double the size of Chase Tower.
State asks judge to uphold Indiana immigration law
State attorneys say the ACLU is exaggerating the powers Indiana's new immigration law gives to local police in an effort to persuade a federal judge to throw out parts of the law.
Apartments go green for housing agency
A south-side apartment complex is going green thanks to a federal grant. The Indianapolis Housing Agency and Insight Development Corp. are installing 248 solar panels on buildings in Laurelwood Apartments. Most of the $345,000 project will be paid for with a Housing and Urban Development grant. Indianapolis Power & Light is expected to pay IHA about $20,000 a year for the power generated by the panels.
Fire burns two north-side houses
Indianapolis firefighters battled a large fire that burned two houses on the north side Wednesday morning. The fire started about 2 a.m. in a vacant home in the 500 block of Powell Place, near East 38th Street and College Avenue. The blaze engulfed the first house and spread to a neighboring house occupied by two people. They escaped without injuries. The first home was declared a total loss.
Mother, ex-boyfriend charged in death
The Indianapolis mother of a 1-year-old boy and her former boyfriend have been arrested for the child's death. Chelsea Taylor, 20, and Ryan Worline, 29, were charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death. They were arrested Monday. The boy, Jayden Noel, died Jan. 18 in the 4800 block of Lakeshore Place. An autopsy found the boy died from multiple blunt-force injuries to the head. A doctor noted the boy had a fractured skull, a fractured clavicle and multiple bruises on his body. An initial hearing is set for Friday.
Central Indiana biodiesel producer files for bankruptcy
E-biofuels LLC in Middletown has fallen into liquidation, listing debts of $17.3 million. The closing of the plant leaves four remaining facilities in the state capable of producing biodiesel fuel.