Finally, the city is talking seriously about consolidating the jumble of courts, jails and public offices that compose its criminal justice system and plunking them in a new facility—a sprawling blockhouse with an estimated cost of $200 million to $400 million.
The General Assembly has much to accomplish in its short session.
For too long, we’ve built our downtown primarily as a place to visit—whether for work, a convention or a sporting event—then leave.
Those of us living in the Indianapolis area certainly have a lot to be thankful for, including these reasons:
The City-County Council would be well advised to adopt panhandling-ordinance changes passed Nov. 19 by the Rules and Public Policy Committee.
Mike Pence officially began running for governor in May 2011 and has occupied the office since January, yet Hoosiers still don’t know why he doesn’t want tax subsidies to help people buy private insurance. It’s time he made the reason clear.
The implosion of the once-powerful Carmel Redevelopment Commission doesn’t look good in the headlines, but the turmoil has a silver lining. It should end a period in Carmel’s history when fast physical transformation of the town seemed to be leadership’s only concern.
Ignoring the future won’t make it go away. And without legislative leadership, Indiana’s future looks dry.
Your [Oct. 14] editorial encouraging Asian immigration was spot-on. I have been saying for years that the United States, and Indianapolis in particular, should encourage Asians to migrate here.
Few contemporary political skirmishes break down so cleanly into two sides: The right side of history, and the wrong.
Eli Lilly and Co., Cummins and other Indianapolis-area companies could use a little help attracting some of the immigration streaming out of Asia.
Celebrated businessman, philanthropist and mentor Eugene Biccard Glick, who died Oct. 2 at 92, leaves behind a path of good work and generosity much longer and wider than the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, the acclaimed downtown recreational amenity to which he and his late wife, Marilyn, donated $17 million and their names in 2006.
Better late than never. Less than a week before federal funding was set to end for the Hoosier State Amtrak route, which offers the only passenger train service four days a week from here to Chicago, state officials have finally begun discussing with Amtrak how to replace the annual $3 million subsidy.
The state also should consider joining the U.S. Justice Department in its challenge to a merger between U.S. Airways and American Airlines.
Few would argue with the assertion that the Indianapolis area is a good place to do business. Taxes are low, regulations are generally reasonable and the cost of living is low.
Indianapolis needs to stage a Super Bowl encore performance.
Mayor Ballard’s support for the $6 million World Sports Park on the far-east side has become a rallying point for critics of his spending priorities. They say the money would be better spent chipping away at the city’s huge infrastructure needs. We think they’re missing the point on a couple of fronts.
Though far from shabby, Circle Centre is looking a little long in the tooth two years shy of its 20th birthday.
They’ve been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Yet next to the names Paul J. Page and David Wyser in the Indiana Roll of Attorneys appear the words: “Active in good standing.”
Hoosiers love our low taxes. But there are times when that reality—which politicians play to the hilt—gets in the way of good public policy.
