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Retailers push for online sales taxes

Indiana’s retail lobby is pushing the state to follow a growing number of states passing laws to require online retailers to collect sales tax from customers.

United Financial Systems slapped with lawsuit

An Indianapolis insurance brokerage disciplined for unauthorized legal practice might now face millions of dollars in claims from more than 4,000 former clients because of a class-action suit filed in Marion Superior Court.

MORRIS: Firefighters fill convention center

I recently had the opportunity to walk through the exhibit space at the Fire Department Instructor’s Conference at the newly expanded Indiana Convention Center. It gave me a great firsthand look at why we invested $275 million expanding the convention center.

Unions are valuable

Thank you, Dr. Woodrow [Myers, who wrote a column in the March 28 Forefront] for a reasonable response to the collective-bargaining issues that face Indiana. I [recently] attended a breakfast that was sponsored by the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce. I heard four state elected officials talk about the evils of unions in our state and […]

General Assembly needs new members

Hurrah! It’s too bad [Mike Hicks’ April 4 Economic Analysis column] was buried on page 28, rather than being on the front page. Our current legislative course of action almost makes me embarrassed to be from Indiana. We have very real and very serious economic, fiscal and education issues; and here is our Legislature wasting […]

Let’s open our eyes to homelessness

[In response to Mickey Maurer’s April 4 column] We never think that Indianapolis has thousands of homeless. Horizon House is really making a difference and needs to be supported by our community for their good work. One key point you made points out poignantly that many homeless folks are good people with jobs and the […]

GUY: Where are the progressives?

Today, a political leader who proposes a higher appropriation to clean streets would be criticized. If he proposed going to the moon, he would be impeached.

HICKS: Right-to-work laws make economic sense

There is abundant research on the economic effects of right-to-work laws by economists of both the right and left. The results are pretty clear that right-to-work legislation leads to increased employment.

Drunk hit-and-run driver gets 18 years

A hit-and-run driver was sentenced to 18 years in prison Wednesday in Indianapolis. Roger Ordonez pleaded guilty to charges related to the crash that killed 81-year-old Lola Herman. Ordonez had a blood alcohol level of 0.24 when he ran a red light last October, slamming into Herman’s vehicle at West 16th Street and Martin Luther King Drive as she headed home after volunteering at Riley Hospital for Children.
 

Driver dies after shooting, crash

A driver who crashed into a townhouse near 16th Street and College Avenue early Thursday had been shot in the thigh prior to the accident, Indianapolis police say. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 4 a.m. The victim’s gold Isuzu SUV was traveling south on College, crossed the northbound lanes and slammed into the home.