WOLLEY: The rural and urban divide on guns
The General Assembly seems to think we need more access to guns and less regulation. I think we need less access.
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SHEPARD: Driveable streets or wider interstates?
We have the chance to rethink the community we should be building for future decades.
WORKPLACE: The merits of trading busy for something better
We use the word busy to describe how we are doing, we use it to measure our success at work, and we use it to describe our family lives.
LOPRESTI: High school’s over, but memories of last game live on
One day soon, it’ll be over for Romeo Langford at New Albany, and he’ll join the long line of young basketball stars before him in this state—never forgetting the last high school game he ever played.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Financial aid frees up funds for alternate uses
An underappreciated principle of economics is the fungibility of resources.
FEIGENBAUM: Stability, consistency should drive leadership choices
Even with split control of the legislative branch (or legislative and executive branches), Hoosiers have become accustomed to fiscal pragmatism from both Democrats and Republicans. Much credit is due to legislative leaders, including those overseeing taxes and spending.
LETTER: Lock up criminals, not guns
The left cannot admit the obvious that criminals willing to slaughter innocents will not obey laws to keep these weapons out of the their hands.
NEFF: What drives an investor to invest in a startup?
Like any venture capitalist, I will tell you that two-thirds of investments generally fail; it’s the one-third you expect to be blockbusters that will carry the economics.
MANZO: Construction wage repeal hasn’t delivered as promised
New research from the Midwest Economic Policy Institute and Colorado State University economist Kevin Duncan has found that repeal of Indiana’s prevailing wage law has not only shrunk wages and increased income inequality, it has failed to make construction projects any cheaper.
FELTMAN: Second of three letters to Amazon’s Bezos
To use your words, Mr. Bezos, many of Indiana’s top business leaders didn’t look past inequality.
EDITORIAL: Anthem’s silence about Indy HQ is cause for self-reflection
Anthem Inc.'s refusal to confirm it plans to keep its headquarters in Indianapolis serves as a stark reminder to government and corporate leaders of the fragility of corporate headquarters.
SKARBECK: Investors finally realizing hedge funds are shaky bet
When you consider that hedge-fund fees are often spread around among a host of “placement agents, you begin to understand why the hedge-fund industry has grown to near $3 trillion.
Veteran lawmaker takes on fledging technology issue
Last year, you learned about the state’s youngest Democratic and Republican legislators teaming up to form the Indiana Future Caucus. They sought to address future-focused issues affecting young Hoosiers across party lines—the implications of which are becoming clear to their more senior colleagues. “This new economy affects [us] in so many ways,” Rep. Todd Huston, […]
FEIGENBAUM: Veteran lawmaker takes on fledging technology issue
Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, is leading the state’s effort to create rules for autonomous vehicle use in Indiana.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Liquor law changes are politics as usual
Why are unpopular regulations passed in the first place? And why are they so persistent? Three words: special interest politics.
WORKPLACE: Top leaders need to support LGBTQ employees
When leaders cannot see the problem and employees are not comfortable enough to say something, toxic workplace cultures develop.
LETTER: Judges have the power
If you’d read Indiana law, you’d know judges already have the power to increase sentences for any reason if they feel there are mitigating circumstances such as “hate.”
Leave forest alone
What is the value of an urban forest left standing? Besides absorbing flood runoff, and buffering noise and heat, a woods where people can walk their dogs and let the kids play is a precious asset on the north side of Indy. That’s why the Driftwood Hills Neighborhood is against Keystone Realty’s proposed Alexander at […]
GIGERICH: It’s time to go big or go home on talent development
Several key objectives are required to prepare the state’s talent pool for high-demand jobs being created in Indiana.
DORSON: Sometimes the mentor becomes the mentee
In a world full of discord, I find hope and reassurance with my students. They are hard-working, committed and—maybe most important—thoughtful.