Letter: No more excuses, delays on vaping
Between 2012 and 2018, usage among Indiana high school students increased 387% and nearly as much among middle schoolers. The results have been life-threatening illnesses and deaths.
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Letter: Justice center is boondoggle
Spending well over a half-billion dollars on the Community Justice Campus, now under construction in the Twin Aire neighborhood, represents fiscal recklessness at its finest by Mayor Joe Hogsett and the Democrat-controlled City-County Council.
Liz Malatestinic: Is it time to rethink your interview questions?
“Tell me about yourself” isn’t the only popular question interviewers should probably re-examine.
Editorial: Be bold, Mayor Hogsett, in your second term
Hogsett has set the table to tackle both problems by balancing the city’s budget during his first term. It’s time to use that fiscal stability to more aggressively attack the problems that keep Indianapolis from growing and achieving at the same level as some of its peers.
Editorial: Momentous sale of racing empire is cause for sadness, optimism
We’re confident that IMS and the racing series will benefit from having Penske, a proven businessman known as “The Captain,” at the helm. But that alone isn’t enough to ensure a new era of prosperity for the iconic, 110-year-old venue.
Ann Murtlow: Alice? She’s missing from recent Census report
ALICE isn’t an actual person; she’s an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. ALICE is a growing population of people in Indianapolis and our surrounding counties who are employed (in one or more jobs) but struggle to make ends meet.
Claire Fiddian-Green & Maureen Weber: Preschool teachers are important. Pay them accordingly
The professional training required to build and sustain the skills to teach our youngest learners is expensive and time-consuming, especially relative to the pay. This makes it challenging to find and retain well-trained teachers.
Letter: MacAllister knew how to compromise
I was honored to become P.E.’s friend. He would mock me given my alleged liberal political views in the same fashion that I would laughingly forgive him for his Republican dedication.
Santiago Jaramillo: Why almost everyone hates employee surveys
Surveys diagnose problems; leaders prescribe solutions.
Mike Lopresti: Seven-footers on the hardwood? It’s a Smits family tradition
Former Pacer Rik Smits and his son, Butler center Derrik Smits, talk basketball, family and the future.
Mike Lopresti: Emotion mixes with excitement as iconic track changes hands
Once the Hulman-George clan decided it was time to sell the family keepsake, could you think of anyone better? Anyone at all? Roger Penske has the magic name and the money and the expertise and credibility and the track record—both on and off the track.
Ravi Parikh: Why for-profit research should be taken seriously
Patient data is increasingly in the hands of for-profit industries. Insurance firms and other for-profit companies have been collecting patient data that yields important information that could be used to shape medical care and health policy.
Editorial: Projects for homeless, offenders are good choices for tax credits
All four projects are worthy of funding. But what makes them special as a group is that they will serve such a diverse group of people—tech workers and startups, ex-offenders, homeless families and the African American community—while enhancing all of Indianapolis.
Hoffmann: Three steps to improve our waters now and for the future
Education, conservation and preparation are vital for protecting the quality and availability of water in Indiana.
Editorial: Investment hub idea is a good step toward goal of regional cooperation
State legislators should be receptive. It’s a reasonable follow-up to the 2015 Regional Cities Initiative, which split $126 million in tax amnesty funds among three regions.
Nate Feltman: Fadness’ bold approach necessary for our future
There is a political leader answering the call for a bold vision. He isn’t running for mayor of Indianapolis. But he is advocating for transformational change for central Indiana and beyond. And he is taking his ideas to the Statehouse. He is Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness.
Dr. David Blank & Dr. Richard Feldman: A liberal and conservative find common ground on guns
Individual rights have never been absolute. We believe there can be a balance between the common good and preserving individual rights. Bipartisan solutions are possible.
Letter: Private insurance is for profit-taking
Medicare for All is not socialized medicine. It’s government health insurance that provides access to the private health care delivery system.
SASSO: Women’s suffrage—an unfinished agenda
The 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage is a time to reflect on its complicated history, even as we commemorate its extraordinary accomplishment.
SLAPER & BRANNON: Administration on wrong track to lowering drug prices
Unfortunately, legislation being considered in the Senate would have unpleasant side effects.