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Policy ideas with superficial appeal are pernicious when their real effect is useless or counterproductive.
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SHEPARD: The party conventions and Indiana higher education
Tuition-free attendance could draw thousands of new students to Indiana’s colleges, surely a good thing for our state’s future. But the universities’ ability to expand faculty and facilities would depend almost entirely on funding decisions by Congress.
WOLLEY: Seeking more for our city’s youth and young adults
When I listen to youth at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center share their dreams, they rarely say they want to work for someone. Usually a good percentage of the young people want to be entrepreneurs.
Heisman winner’s brother sues NCAA over concussions
A total of 10 concussion-related suits have been filed by former football players against the Indianapolis-based NCAA since mid-May.
GREGG: Private-school vouchers, charters need thorough study
Important decisions about our children’s future should be based on facts and outcomes, not on assumptions nor on political ideology.
PENCE: Trusting parents to make best choice for their child
Different students might have differing educational needs and some students might be better served in one school versus another.
Innovation Issue was strong
To a longtime colleague who now sells managed-IT services, I texted: “I am halfway through this week’s IBJ, and it is a masterwork of an issue. Go buy one.”
New federal rules limit value of workplace wellness programs
The EEOC has decided that wellness programs must be voluntary and the associated incentives or discounts can’t exceed more than 30 percent of the cost of the employees’ health coverage.
38th & Meridian too busy for walkability
Removing two lanes, one from either side, and converting to on-street parking would help quite a bit.
IU lands $1.3M grant for Ebola virus training
The Indiana University School of Public Health in Bloomington has been awarded a $1.3 million grant to train workers who might be exposed to the Ebola virus and other serious infectious diseases. The grant, from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, aims to lessen exposure for workers responding to Ebola virus disease and other serious infectious […]
LEPPERT: The selfishness of supporting diversity
A common mistake made by the majority race, sex or class in any environment is the belief that adding diversity is an opportunity merely for the affected minority.
Mainstreet affiliate completes $95M offering
Mainstreet Health Investments, controlled by Carmel-based real estate developer Mainstreet Property Group, has completed the sale of 9.5 million common shares and will use the $95 million in proceeds to acquire 13 senior housing and care properties in Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York and Kansas. The company said June 2 that any remaining net proceeds will […]
HILL: Let’s think differently about mass transit
I suggest you imagine a city where, much like the Uber app, you can request a ride from one point to another, anywhere in the region.
MORRIS: Eating Bazbeaux Pizza never gets old
Here’s to a restaurant innovator who’s product has stood the test of time.
Don’t lower scholarship hurdles
New requirements for the 21st Century Scholars program are common-sense measures that should help students choose the best college, select an appropriate major, and graduate with as little debt as possible.
Biglari’s Maxim saga drenched with drama, red ink
A former employee alleges that Sardar Biglari insisted Maxim devote 50 pages of the December/January issue to Monaco, where he spends significant time, and include features on his favorite cigar shop and on David Letterman, part-owner of the race team Steak n Shake sponsors.
UPDATE: Indianapolis to turn on first new streetlight in 35 years
The city plans to end a moratorium on new streetlights by installing 100 lights in areas with high accident and crime rates, and in growing neighborhoods, Mayor Joe Hogsett announced Thursday.
State grants $2M to build Fieldhouse tunnel to Pacers’ new training center
It will cost $900,000 to open Delaware Street for tunnel construction and to repave the road, and another $1.4 million to build the underground portion of the walkway, according to a state filing.
ExactTarget alums sell software company after just 13 months
Branding Brand, a Pittsburgh-based retail software company with a few ExactTarget alums of its own, has scooped up Indy-based Waysay, founded last year by two former ET’ers.
Report of Kite-WP Glimcher merger takes analysts by surprise
At least one industry analyst that follows Indianapolis-based Kite Realty said a union between the two companies wouldn’t make sense, given that most of Kite’s properties are strip centers and WP Glimcher’s are shopping malls.