Sherry Seiwert: Downtown is not just a place. It is a relationship.
Our first task: to clearly communicate that it is time to get back to business.
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Brian Shapiro: Attracting, retaining talent key to downtown’s future
Our city is on life support, so we have to attract and keep our best and brightest.
Deborah Hearn Smith: Let your voice and actions show your commitment
We need to ensure that on every decision-making board and committee—public, private and not-for-profit—there is diversity. Consider whether each of these groups reflects the community, with no members who are tokens.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: You are the change agent
The more you interact with others who are not like you, the better you will understand why change is needed and how to bring about that change.
Dana Black: Mail-in voting should always be an option
It is obvious that creating greater access to voting is a bipartisan issue.
Anne Hathaway: Practical roadblocks hamper mail-only elections
That should not stop us from taking interim steps that will help Hoosiers vote in these unprecedented times.
Bret Swanson: It will take an info-tech solution to restart economy
Our initial defenses were so broad and blunt … because we knew so little.
Peter Embi & Shaun Grannis: Here’s what to consider when reopening the economy
Protocols for whom and how often to test those re-entering the workforce will be important.
Ali Brown: We must overhaul our ballot access system first
As much as I would love for Hoosiers to experience the excitement and the influx of national political organizing, I think it could collapse our state’s electoral process.
Pete Seat: Let’s not miss opportunity to consistently have a say
The real debate is … whether we want to matter every cycle or every so often.
Mike Oles III: It’s just common sense to hold companies accountable
The president can sign an executive order that says if you offshore jobs, you won’t get federal contracts.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Sanders plan for corporate accountability unworkable
Equality needs to come through revision of laws that directly implement true income equality, such as the tax code.
House committee amends bill to keep cities from regulating tenant relations
In response to the move, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said the amendment would nullify recent local efforts to protect tenants from predatory landlords.
Deborah Daniels: ERA may not be worth the effort if just for symbolism
Though I eagerly advocated for the ERA in 1972, I now think we ought to focus on more pressing problems.
Amy Levander: ERA matters legally, practically, symbolically
To those who say it is unnecessary, I would argue that if it makes a difference for one girl, young lady or woman, than it makes it worth it and absolutely necessary.
Chase Downham: Refugees contribute to Indiana’s economic vitality
The desperation of refugees to find safe new homes has never been greater.
Cole Varga: Holcomb is right to welcome refugees in Indiana
The refugee resettlement program is one of the best things we do as a country.
Brian Burton: Legislature, governor must help reduce hospital costs
Employers are running out of ways to hold premiums down, provide good health coverage and give salary increases.
Brian Tabor: Calling Indiana an outlier hurts economic development
According to national data, health insurance premiums in Indiana are below the national average and almost all states in our region. We can build on the strength of Indiana’s existing health care system while reducing costs, but we must do so without blaming one segment like hospitals.
Kevin Brinegar: Smoking is costly to Hoosiers, companies, communities
Indiana’s smoking prevalence results in tragic individual and family health consequences, including thousands of teens on course to becoming lifelong smokers.