Nate Feltman: Let’s lean into Indy’s heritage with ‘Speed City’ moniker
Doubling down on a brand that we are already known for makes sense. And Speed City can and should transcend motorsports.
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Lesley Weidenbener: IMS Museum is spectacular
What once was mostly a collection of race cars—albeit truly amazing race cars—is now an interactive celebration of the Indianapolis 500 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Lesley Weidenbener: Sewing-machine maker says tariffs are ‘worth a shot’
Sailrite’s CEO confident that by the time he orders again, the worst of the trade war will be past. But he’s also confident the result won’t be that the U.S. is fully manufacturing sewing machines again.
Nate Feltman: Indianapolis achieves another first in sports
We will need many more volunteers. Sign up at indianasportscorp.org/volunteer to be a part of what makes Indy so special.
Lesley Weidenbener: Help IBJ honor nonprofits at new awards event
This program aims to lift up and support top organizations with three Nonprofit of the Year awards and one Foundation of the Year award as well as several nonprofit leadership and program awards.
Lesley Weidenbener: AI remains a small part of IBJ news gathering
I suspect that these questions and challenges are similar to those that some of you are facing at your own companies and organizations.
Greg Weaver: Judge disclosure forms should be easily accessible to the public
In Indiana, requests for judicial disclosure forms must be submitted through an online portal to the Office for Court Administration. And fulfilling those requests can take the office days or weeks.
Lesley Weidenbener: Learning from R2-D2 and C-3PO
I was thinking about Star Wars as I prepared for a conversation with robot expert Sooyeon Jeong, a Purdue University professor who is studying how to use artificial intelligence to ensure that robots can better communicate with humans.
Nate Feltman: Food insecurity is a solvable problem
The hunger challenge among our youth and the associated health consequences affect academic performance and achievement, leading to tremendous societal costs.
Lesley Weidenbener: When change can be excellent
This week’s paper includes our Excellence in Health Care publication, a new take on a program that has since its inception been called Health Care Heroes.
Lesley Weidenbener: Letting go of anger after layoff opens the door to opportunity
When you’re hurting and need to act, there’s no mental space for anger.
Nate Feltman: Government efficiency makes a comeback
The ballooning size of government and spiraling deficits are serious threats to our economic vitality and freedoms.
Lesley Weidenbener: Let’s help Jackson learn all about Indiana
Jackson is gathering information about Indiana for a class project. He asked if I would post his request as a letter to the editor. But I thought it would be more fun to put it here
Greg Weaver: Lawmakers must fix corruption loophole
Accepting gratuities from a vendor more than crosses that line and should be punished by law.
Nate Feltman: A year of success, a platform for growth
This year, we will launch a new IBJ Media app that will provide a one-stop shop for all IBJ Media content, including all podcasts.
Lesley Weidenbener: One tough goodbye and two hellos
We celebrated IBJ reporter John Russell’s retirement a couple of weeks ago at Coaches Tavern. A big crowd of current and former journalists turned out for the party to toast a journalist who spent the last nine years of his career at IBJ.
Greg Weaver: In 2025, let’s strive for open government
In my decades of reporting on or guiding coverage of the Indiana General Assembly, the reluctance by lawmakers to be more transparent or be subject to an outside ethics review board never changes, regardless of which party is in charge.
Nate Feltman: A call to action for all of us to do better
As we look to the year ahead, may we each take the time to try to be better, do better, and as Jim Morris would often say, help those that “could use a boost.”
Greg Weaver: Public access is at risk in pair of court cases
In both pending cases, let’s hope the state’s high court follows the preamble of the public access act, which calls for it to be liberally construed in favor of disclosure and reimbursement.
Lesley Weidenbener: Letting execs tell their business stories
I want this Q&A to tell the stories of people who own companies or are executives in companies and are faced every day with challenges that affect profits and losses.