Ed DeLaney: Valuing incumbency over leadership
Instead of keeping taxes low for everyone, the dynamic has been changed to keeping taxes low for those who have assets.
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Karen Celestino Horseman: Choice. It’s every woman’s right.
My fear is that a woman’s right to choose will die the death of a thousand cuts by the Indiana Legislature.
Bill Oesterle: When plastic bags win out over people
Local control allows governments to be the laboratory where ideas are conceived and experiments are tested.
Una Osili: Lessons for Indiana from the World Cup
The World Cup’s rosters reinforce the benefits of diverse teams in the workplace and society.
Joe McGuinness: State listening to all as north-split project develops
Daily commuters, weekend and event visitors, and businesses large and small count on the roads moving more than 160,000 vehicles daily as safely and smoothly as possible.
Paul Knapp: Let’s boost connectivity, economic development
We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past.
Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: Inclusion—the secret sauce for driving innovation at work
For businesses to succeed and trust their employees to make sound decisions in the best interest of the company, leaders must take the time to create—and most importantly, visibly lead—a work culture where diverse points of views are welcomed and valued.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Indians’ new manager has them in pennant fight
Brian Esposito gets the most out of players, most of whom would rather be playing in Pittsburgh.
EDITORIAL: The country needs Dan Coats in Trump’s administration
As a member of the administration, National Intelligence Director Dan Coats took the most personal risk by standing up to Donald Trump, when he appeared to side with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the U.S. intelligence community.
NATE FELTMAN: The ticking time bomb
Republicans have gone mysteriously silent on the dangers of deficit spending.
URBAN DESIGN: Who owns the streets? All of us, even scooter riders
Over-regulation is a threat to the complexity—and beauty—of urban living.
Letter: Curtis Hill deserves fair hearing
No one knows, save Mr. Hill and his accusers, whether he is guilty or innocent, but the protesters, the governor, and four key lawmakers have already implicated his guilt based solely on the accusations.
Letter: Multiple accusers don’t equal guilt
What kind of society are you fostering by allowing accusers to be prosecutors, judges and juries, without commentary?
Melissa St. John: Reduce, reuse, recycle applies to office furniture, too
Repurposing items just makes good financial sense. It saves the recipient organization money and helps save the environment.
Mark Howell: Technological changes are testing state’s top industries
Despite the concerns many have that these new technologies will cost us jobs, Indiana companies are becoming more competitive with these technologies and need hard-working Hoosiers to succeed.
BOHANON & STYRING: Today’s rising gas prices unlikely to stall economy
Gas prices are rising primarily due to the strengthening global economy. The United States is in the midst of a 10-year economic expansion, and the unemployment rate is the lowest since 1970.
KIM: ‘Action bias’ harmful to soccer goalkeepers and investors
Not only are humans highly emotional and lacking in self-control, they are influenced by all sorts of biases and supposedly irrelevant factors.
Matthew Neff: Why does even a small, private company need a board?
A good board serves multiple valuable functions. If nothing else, regular meetings require company management to articulate where the company is (performance) and where it is going (strategy).
Christina Hale: It’s past time for the law to define consent
Consent should never be assumed or taken for granted.
Santiago Jaramillo: Scaling a culture of high employee engagement
Making incremental changes based on data-sourced, strategic problem areas and measuring them over time is the most effective way to improve employee engagement.