EDITORIAL: Let’s make strides on smoking crisis by raising smoking age
Health care research finds that young people have a propensity to start smoking in their late teens but are highly unlikely to start once they reach 21.
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EDITORIAL: Instill common sense into alcohol laws
Lawmakers have an obligation to listen to their constituents and develop a system for selling alcohol that serves and protects Hoosiers’ interests first and foremost.
EDITORIAL: Downtown worth extra investment
While we support creating an EID and applaud Downtown Indy’s championing of the effort, we understand the reluctance of some property owners to support it until they get a clearer explanation of how the money would be used.
EDITORIAL: Give casino deal a thorough review
If the deal goes through, Caesars will own four of the state’s five highest-revenue casinos. It will generate roughly 54 percent of the tax revenue casinos pay to state and local governments.
EDITORIAL: Leadership void imperils mall
As the mall’s corridors decline steadily, with vacant storefronts increasing and second-tier tenants like an indoor-miniature-golf course replacing national chains, no one is stepping up publicly to champion a solution.
Bring offshore profits home—but companies shouldn’t squander cash
There is an estimated $2.6 trillion in profits that companies have made in other parts of the world—and are leaving there to avoid paying hefty taxes on the earnings when they transfer the money to the United States.
EDITORIAL: Crunch time for Indy soccer
Today, the Indy Eleven’s bid to join Major League Soccer is considered a long shot. It needs a quick jolt if the city wants to win.
EDITORIAL: City should prepare for what could be dicey Pacers negotiation
Pacers officials already want to start negotiating the next deal. That won’t be cheap. Owner Herb Simon says he’s looking for a “major redo” of Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
EDITORIAL: Pension shortfalls taint Sun Capital
Some private equity firms are vultures, monetizing whatever value they find, then leaving the business itself in a trash heap in bankruptcy.
EDITORIAL: Tax provision benefits Hoosiers
A provision of the Trump tax plan would shift some federal tax burden away from lower-tax states to higher ones but the larger plan needs evaluation before we know whether it’s good for Hoosiers overall.
EDITORIAL: Party war in Carmel is not over yet
We’re sympathetic to the concerns of the neighbors, but the generosity Forrest and Charlotte Lucas show by holding fundraisers for not-for-profits at their Carmel estate is worth preserving.
EDITORIAL: Cook dealmaking puts community first
Many firms based across the country take corporate citizenship seriously. But it’s human nature for executives of those firms to put the best jobs—and to show the greatest corporate engagement—in their headquarters towns.
Years of effort yield payoff with non-stop Paris flight
With the addition of the Paris route, the airport has added 37 nonstop flights since 2014. Each small success has begat a larger one—with perhaps the first big breakthrough coming when United Airlines established nonstop service between Indianapolis and San Francisco in 2014.
EDITORIAL: Zoning rules have their place
The flooding in Houston was exacerbated by decades of decisions—or lack of decisions—about zoning. Let’s not let something similar happen here.
EDITORIAL: Planets align for near-east side as TWG, others invest in key corridor
What East Washington Street needs more than bricks and mortar is jobs.
EDITORIAL: Program for blind deserves saving
The Veterans Administration’s policy change to discourage the use of not-for-profit agencies serving people who are visually impaired is misguided.
EDITORIAL: City gets creative with Carrier cash
The city of Indianapolis' unusual offer to spend up to $2,000 per displaced Carrier employee deserves careful evaluation to determine its effectiveness.
EDITORIAL: Health care debate needs sanity
What we need is reasoned debate by smart people willing to put politics aside to find answers—probably answers that no one will find wholly satisfying but could become the basis of a health care system that is fair and affordable and can change with technology and innovation that is constantly evolving.
EDITORIAL: Time to revisit sales tax issue
The sales tax is a long-established way for state governments to pay for the services their constituents demand—and it’s ridiculous to allow some retailers to skip it.
EDITORIAL: School closings hurt neighborhoods
With the district projecting its high schools will be at only 37 percent capacity in the coming school year, it’s hard to argue IPS should keep all its schools open.