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LOU’S VIEWS: Legislating libation at Indiana State Museum
The exhibit features artifacts, including a still, and a mini-church where an actor playing Indiana’s own Billy Sunday, who railed against “Hell’s best friend,” preaches a sermon.
Nursing home gusher helps fund new hospital
Shelbyville’s Major will break ground on an $89 million hospital next month. Meanwhile, hospital systems around the state are talking about consolidating facilities or turning unused bed space to new uses.
Questions for Ballard
Mayor Ballard should veto or delay implementation of the proposed 0.05 percent tax to hire 150 police officers until more supporting details are offered: 1. What would these officers do each day? Would they travel our streets in cars, walk new beats or engage in “community policing”? If the latter, would they speak at events, […]
LOPRESTI: A Saturday with Don Fischer, dean of Big Ten broadcasters
Yes, there have been great moments for voice of hard-luck Hoosier football team.
Make contractor rebuild house
It is sad to see another piece of Indy history is now a pile of rubble [Sept. 15]. I lived in the Fall Creek area growing up. The homes were made better than anything you can purchase today. The owner should not have bought the property if he did not want to abide by the […]
Interview Issue a hit with faithful reader
I’ve been starting my week with the IBJ for 20 years. I just finished reading the [Sept. 29] issue cover to cover. This is the best one ever. Great idea for an issue—fascinating people and stories. I’ll look forward to the 2015 issue! __________ Ruth Lochary, Fishers
Financing pitch puts Pedcor on hook for $100M City Center plan
Pedcor Cos. is offering Carmel leaders an unusual array of guarantees backed by its own bank account in hopes of landing public funding for a portion of its $100 million City Center expansion.
RACE: Lessons from development of the Canal District
Inappropriate, suburban-style projects should be a thing of the past in downtown Indianapolis.
Life lessons from Indianapolis leaders
There is power in learning from as many people as you can. IBJ gathered 29 Hoosiers, different in every sense of the word, for its first Interview Issue last week. Collectively, these interviews teach and reinforce many valuable life lessons. Help others. Meet as many people as you can without trying to extract value from […]
Make voting more convenient
Turnout in the recent vote in Scotland over whether to secede from the United Kingdom was reported to be 85 percent. Turnout in the most recent primary election in Ferguson, Mo., was 12 percent. These are undoubtedly the “poles”—the extremes. Yet … Americans seem evenly divided between those working to increase voter turnout—the League of […]
MORRIS: In Nashville, branding is king
We can learn a thing or two from Music City, just as its leaders learned from us.
WTTV may go after big-name talent to join news team
Tribune Broadcasting says it plans to hire 80 people to staff the WTTV-TV Channel 4 newsroom and fill other roles stemming from the station’s assumption of the CBS network affiliation Jan. 1. Rennie “We’re talking to a lot of people about a lot of things,” said Paul Rennie, general manager for WTTV and its sister […]
Opt for the greatest impact
Nearly two years have passed since Eli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter called for creating a “world-class” life sciences research institute in Indianapolis, and now the fledgling Indiana Biosciences Research Institute is on the verge of naming its first leader. That choice of a chief executive, expected before Thanksgiving, will telegraph a critical signal […]
New faces at HHGregg aiming to right the ship
Over the last few years, HHGregg’s senior executives have been departing at a rapid clip, adding to instability at a time the chain was remaking itself to combat tumbling sales of consumer electronics. With the hiring of Chief Financial Officer Robert Riesbeck last month, the new team surrounding longtime CEO Dennis May is now in […]
Meet Indy’s smallest credit union
At HALE Federal Credit Union, don’t expect to get a debit card in the mail after opening an account. Online banking isn’t an option at this Indianapolis-based credit union, and neither are checking accounts. Mobile check deposits? Forget about it. Day “We are so archaic and behind in the times,” Manager Angela Day said, sitting […]