The Indiana 250—the latest iteration of which was released in last week’s IBJ and at Indiana250.com—is packed full of leaders who aren’t just succeeding in business or at the organizations that pay them salaries.
Downtown was vibrant. And downtown was safe (that’s important given three recent weekends with shootings downtown). The energy was amazing.
We hope you saw from the moment you got off the plane at Indianapolis International Airport how much we love basketball in Indiana.
When RFRA threatened the state’s reputation in 2015, a group of business leaders helped negotiate a so-called “fix” that quelled most of the critics. It’s time for business leaders to step up again.
We look forward to robust discussions both at IBJ Media’s Nuclear Energy Forum, which is not a newsroom event, and within the governor’s Strategic Energy Growth Task Force about nuclear power and the range of other energy sources that will be needed to help grow the state’s economy.
Consider that the Pacers are the first team in NBA history with eight players to score at least 200 points in a playoff run.
In addition to helping people who are homeless, the $8.1 million initiative could have an enormous impact on the economy downtown, where homelessness contributes to a feeling among many workers that the area isn’t safe.
Indianapolis needs a mayor who is putting all of his or her focus on the serious challenges and opportunities that come with running the state’s biggest cities and one of the Midwest’s economic drivers.
The opportunities are tremendous—and we don’t want to let our competitors get too far ahead of us before we act.
In collaboration with his daughters, Irsay in 2020 launched the Kicking the Stigma campaign, which has since committed more than $31 million to raising awareness and expanding treatment and research related to mental health.
But it’s not enough. Roger Penske must do more to reestablish trust with other teams and IndyCar fans.
Could there be a more exciting weekend of sports in any city across America?
Last week, journalists recognized World Press Freedom Day, a “holiday” designated by the United Nations in 1993 that celebrates the “freedom to seek, impart and receive information.”
The budget approved last week increases the tax by $2 per pack and imposes similar increases on other tobacco products, including vaping products.
All universities are facing uncertainty about federal funding and grants. But because Indiana hasn’t been so dependent on those dollars for building up its life sciences sector, it might be able to forge a new path.
It’s not appropriate to expand school vouchers to higher-income families at the same time the state has waitlists for services needed by children with disabilities and aging Hoosiers.
We encourage the governor to use a similar approach as he faces future public records issues.
But Indiana’s 5th District voters deserve representation in congressional committees, too.
Public health is an area where the state has repeatedly failed to make progress. We believe that’s changing, and we urge lawmakers to give the programs time to take root and produce results.•
The CHIPS Act focuses on microelectronics and battery technology, but the future of artificial intelligence could also be at stake.
