Turkey processor to hire up to 600 for new Vincennes plant December 22, 2011 Huntingburg-based Farbest Foods Inc. said it will invest $69 million to build a 220,000-square-foot facility.
PORTER: Keep the office directly accountable to Hoosier voters December 21, 2011 Without an election, what will make an appointed superintendent inclined to pay even the slightest attention to any school board member, teacher, parent or student when they offer suggestions to improve the quality of education?
BEHNING: An appointed superintendent would streamline education December 21, 2011 The governor has control over the state board, but the superintendent controls the agenda.
BROOKS: A new kind of revolution for a new era December 21, 2011 We are present again at one of those great unravelings.
SOWELL: Congressional gridlock may rescue Obama December 21, 2011 The media and the intelligentsia seem obsessed with the idea that government intervention is necessary to get the economy out of the doldrums.
TAFT: Jobs will bring back worn neighborhoods December 21, 2011 When these factories left these neighborhoods it curtailed their vitality.
FARGO: Keep some cheer for better public access December 21, 2011 The right of access to information is like a muscle—if you don’t exercise it, it atrophies.
MAHERN: Politics, art collide on the Cultural Trail December 21, 2011 If an artist says that it is art, who are we to gainsay it?
MYERS: Lauding Wishard’s many unsung miracles December 21, 2011 Most of our failures as a society end up in the emergency room, and in central Indiana that often means Wishard.
MUTZ: Faster—faster—on education attainment December 21, 2011 We are behind the curve and becoming less competitive all the time.
LADWIG: Indiana run ‘like a business’? Not quite December 21, 2011 Every time this man applied that advice to his particular corner of government, “All hell broke loose.”
HOWEY: Mayoral glass ceiling persists in big cities December 21, 2011 A male candidate is more likely to get away with the bare-knuckled political brawls than a young mother.
Ex-Dow Agro scientist receives seven years for economic espionage December 21, 2011 Kexue Huang was sentenced after pleading guilty in October to sending Dow AgroSciences trade secrets to China and Germany.
SWAYZE: Conservative resolutions for the New Year December 21, 2011 No one should have to join a union if they don’t wish to and unions should respect that.
STYRING: Right-to-work is rooted in basic fairness December 21, 2011 Don’t be surprised if our Statehouse is routinely on the nightly news.
BONIFIELD: An easy way to help college students December 21, 2011 This year represents the best chance that it will, and the current economic climate remains the best argument that it should.
FERGUSON: Even Louisiana has a limited smoking ban December 21, 2011 Most observers will agree that Louisiana isn’t exactly famous for leading the way in progressive public policy
WAGNER: In praise of Parker, leader of Democrats December 21, 2011 Elected officials and candidates asked him that same week to remain on the job, a testament to his track record.
VANE: The shock and awe of the Kittle Revolution December 21, 2011 The Indianapolis furniture czar got his chance to run things his way.
KRULL: Calling Holcomb to a higher standard December 21, 2011 Somehow we think behaving churlishly is acceptable.